History of Anolle Castings and Engineering
Before Anolle Castings and Engineering was formed in 1994, as an engineering consultant, Mr. Gary Green, the managing director, opened a company called Bulawayo Pattern Makers (Pvt) Ltd. in June 1988.
Its core business being the manufacture of foundry patterns for Zimbabwean foundries and other businesses.
Anolle Castings and Engineering operated in conjunction with Bulawayo Pattern Makers (Pvt) Ltd. This new company expanded its operations to include the manufacture of ferrous and non-ferrous castings, being all grades of cast iron, bronze, brass, and aluminum, with a machine shop to complement operations.
At the beginning of 1997 an agreement was reached between Anolle Castings & Engineering (Pvt) Ltd and Bulawayo Pattern Makers (Pvt) Ltd with a foreign investor for the purchase of premises owned by a company in liquidation named Bulawayo Metal Products (Pvt) Ltd.
A new company was thus formed, named MD Nominees No 19 (Pvt) Ltd, which later changed its name to GCRG Products (Pvt) Ltd, trading as Anolle Castings & Engineering. This new company took over the business and assets of Anolle Castings & Engineering (Pvt) Ltd and Bulawayo Pattern Makers (Pvt) Ltd.
Organisation and Management Structure
The company is headed by the managing director, Mr. Gary Green, who has over 30 years of experience in the foundry and engineering industry.
He is complemented by two directors: the Works Director, Mr. Cephas Taruwinga, who has over 20 years of experience in the foundry industry and oversees all the sales and production departments of the company, and the Administration Director, Mr. Amos Mapfumo, with over 30 years of experience in this field, who oversees the entire administration, personnel, and security of this engineering consultant company.
We have a clearly defined organization structure with fully functional departments, which are Finance & Accounting, Administration Security & Personnel, Sales & Marketing, and Production (Pattern Shop, Cast Iron Foundry, Non-Ferrous Foundry, Fettling Shop, Melting, Machine Shop, Boiler Shop, and Maintenance).
The company has a staff complement of 130 employees comprising full-time and contract-based workers. Our major strength lies in our staff that is highly motivated and skilled in their respective trades.