About Us
BACIF — Premier manufacturer of ferrous and non-ferrous castings!
Brass Aluminum & Cast Iron Foundry Limited is committed to Manufacturing and Engineering Services of the highest quality at competitive prices.
To contribute to the National Economy by manufacturing items usually imported thus saving foreign exchange.
To value our customers as a prized resource and to provide excellent service at all times.
Continued enhancement of our employees’ skills, knowledge and well-being.
Progressively update our technology and quality standards.
Peter Pompey — Managing Director
Our Founder
Mr. Claude Leslie Geddes
Mr. Claude Leslie Geddes was born on May 28, 1922. After leaving school, he joined the apprenticeship programme at Transport and Harbours Department, doing Foundry work.. After completing the programme, he remained at Transport and Harbours Department until he attained the position of supervisor. In those colonial days, being a supervisor was a great achievement. However, the dream and vision was to get into the Foundry Business, and not have to work for anyone That vision never left him, and with the help of a good friend Mr. Cecil Wilson, he was able to realize his dream. In 1959, he started a four man Foundry named BRASS ALUMINUM & CAST IRON FOUNDRY under a house in Thomas Street, Kitty, making aluminum pulleys, karahees and tawahs (Roti Pan). After a while, the clientele included with much more jobs of wider variety. The clientele included Transport & Harbours Department, Guyana Electricity Corporation (now Guyana Power & Light), the Bauxite Company and Guyana Sewerage and Water Commission (now Guyana Water Incorporated). The accommodation in Kitty became inadequate and the business was removed to this present location in 1973. Over the years, the business has gone through various phases of expansion. What started as a four man team is now a complex, housing a Pattern Shop, Foundry, Machine and Welding Departments, along with the necessary ancillary services to support these Departments. At present we have sixty one (61) employees and twelve trainees on role. The business was incorporated to a Limited Liability Company in 1982, hence the name Brass, Aluminum and Cast Iron Foundry Limited.
SOME FACTS
Our History
BACIF is proud to be the premier manufacturer of ferrous and non-ferrous castings for over fifty years. As a “Jobbing Foundry/Factory”, we manufacture over 200 different types of items annually, which comprises of several hundred units ranging from 1kg to in excess of one tonne. Castings are done from grey Cast Iron and various specs of Bronze and Aluminium. We have a state of the art Pattern Shop, Machine Shop and Fabrication Shop, which serve to complement our factory’s capability to produce castings and engineering products from design to finish. Our Team comprises competent Engineers, Foundry Specialists, Pattern Designers, a Draughtsman and other technical staff that work collaboratively to provide solutions to satisfy our customers’ expectations. Currently, we have seventy employees on role that are highly trained in their various disciplines. Our complex is located on 18,053 sq. Feet of factory space. BACIF was established in 1959 by the late Mr. Claude Geddes, as a four (4) man business on the outskirts of Georgetown, in the backyard of his residence. Equipment at that time consisted of one small 250 lbs Crucible, and production was limited to Aluminium Pulleys and Cooking Utensils. In 1962, the business did its first Bronze castings and in 1964, Cast Iron. With the increasing volume of orders, equipment and space became inadequate, hence in 1974, the business moved to West Ruimveldt, where the Pattern and Machine Shops were introduced. In 1982, BACIF became a Limited Liability Company – Brass, Aluminium & Cast Iron Foundry Ltd. with Mr. Claude Geddes as its Chairman. Jobs manufactured by BACIF include: Fire Hydrants Duckfoot Bends & Tee Pieces Diffuser Plates Connecting Rods Sheaves Fly Wheels Bushes & Solids Fire Gates and Bars Electrical Motor Fans Cylinder Liners Brake Drums Pulleys Pressure Plates Sawmilling Slides and Shoes Baffle Bearers Crystallizer Wheels & Worms Shafts Trash & Scraper Plates Decorative Fence Pieces Air Tuyeres Furnace Doors & Frames Manhole Covers & Frames Art castings done by BACIF include:- The Cacique Crown - Presidential Office The Mausoleum Panels - Botanical Gardens Damon Monument - Anna Regina, Essequibo Lettering & Plaques for various purposes The Company also has a Welding Department which fabricates Security Grills and other Welding Jobs. Refurbishing work has been done on Sluice Winches around Georgetown. BACIF not only employs trained and experienced staff. The Company has a two year in-house Training Programme, six months of which is done in conjunction with the Board of Industrial Training – an arm of the Ministry of Labour. BACIF is classified as one of the ‘Masters’ of the Board of Industrial Training. On the social side, BACIF offers Bursary Awards in the name of its Founder, to employees’ children and the top students of West Ruimveldt Primary School who have been successful at the Grade Six Assessment Examination. In addition to our registered office and factory, we provide a comfortable recreational facility for staff and friends. This facility is the Claude Geddes Recreational Club, named in honour of our late Founder, Mr. Claude Geddes. BACIF is a member of the Guyana Manufacturers & Services Association and also the Consultative Association of Guyanese Industry. We are the recipients of the following awards:- 1987 - The Presidential Award for Import Substitution 1987 - Presidential Award to the Private Sector 2006 - GMSA In Recognition of the Company’s Pioneering efforts in Manufacturing Complete VACUUM PUMPS and recent innovative measures to access the Export Market 2008 - GMSA President’s Award in recognition of the Company’s penetration into the CARIBBEAN MARKET with the production and supply of Pumps. Mill Bearings and Other Spares especially for Industry.
OUR CORE VALUES
Bacif is committed to Manufacturing and Engineering Services of the highest quality at competitive prices.
To contribute to the National Economy by manufacturing items usually imported thus saving foreign exchange.
To value our customers as a prized resource and to provide excellent service at all times.
Continued enhancement of our employees’ skills, knowledge and well-being.
Progressively update our technology and quality standards.
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OUR RESULTS
Leading company in Quality and Precision Engineering Castings
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Working with us
Extensive Company Network
We are open to any cooperation with other companies! We can establish long-term and mutually beneficial relations and become reliable partners.