History

The Bimac Corporation was founded on June 30, 1959, with the filing of incorporation papers by two scientists, Dr. William Schneble and Dr. Clyde McQuiston. Bill Schneble, an MIT educated chemist and metallurgist, teamed up with Clyde (Mac) McQuiston, an aeronautical engineer with an undergraduate degree from Purdue and doctorate from The Ohio State University, where he taught foundry practices while studying for his doctorate.

These two progressive men recognized an opportunity to bring innovation to the precision casting industry in the United States. They purchased a license from the Avnet Shaw Corporation to use their ceramic mold process, known as the Shaw Process, originally patented in England in the early 1900's but had never been used in the United States. They formed the Bimac Corporation, an acronym derived from the two original owners, the combination of the names Bill and Mac, a new state-of-the-art foundry located in a rented building on Montgomery Street in Dayton, Ohio to produce precision steel castings.

By 1967 the business had grown to the point of needing a larger facility and was moved to its current location at 3034 Dryden Road in Dayton. During the early years, the majority of Bimac's business was making ferrous and non-ferrous castings for General Motors plants, machine shops in Dayton, and various manufacturers' assembly lines. Business continued to grow, with Bimac soon producing castings for many industries, including aerospace and the military, throughout the United States.

In the early 1980's, Bimac added an investment casting operation which grew rapidly, necessitating a facility expansion that was completed in 1981. Soon after, a non-destructive testing facility was added, providing radiography, penetrant, and magnetic particle inspection services. A third expansion added a machining facility with in-house tooling for completely machined castings.

Today, the Bimac Corporation is the Midwest’s premier source for precision investment as well as ceramic mold castings. Serving customers around the world from our 35,000 square feet facility, we provide one-stop-shopping for the highest quality precision investment and ceramic mold castings, weighing from just ounces to over 300 pounds in over 100 metals. All of us at Bimac, and especially our talented staff of professional engineers and customer service personnel, pride ourselves on, and are committed to, providing practical innovative casting solutions, utilizing both the lost wax and ceramic mold processes, that meet, and preferably exceed, our customers' expectations.