As part of its Jubilee celebration Farfan and Mendes Limited will tomorrow host a ‘Product and Services’ Exposition at its Providence, East Bank Demerara headquarters from 10:00hours.
According to information out of the company customers will receive great discounts and get chances to win equipment such as Metabo, Stihl and Karcher as part of the 50th celebration.
There will be interactive demonstrations of their premium brands of equipment, financing advice from the Institute of Private Enterprise Development [IPED] and Republic Bank.
The exposition will also entail a health booth where free blood pressure, glucose and HIV tests will be done. Mings Optical will also be there offering Free eye tests!
According to information displayed on the company’s website, Farfan and Mendes first began business in Guyana in 1960, as a subsidiary of a well-known Trinidadian Company, F.T. Farfan and Sons Limited. The company was officially incorporated in July 1967, as Farfan and Mendes Limited.
In 1967, Farfan and Mendes Limited helped to introduce and pioneer the use of chain saws in Guyana, through demonstrations and a training programme sponsored by the UNDP. From that time onward, the name Farfan and Mendes has become synonymous with the timber industry in Guyana.
Through the recession of the late 1970’s and 80’s, the company continued to provide the best service possible to its customers, despite the unfavourable economic conditions prevailing at the time.
During the 1980’s, it reintroduced the STIHL range of chain saws, which went on to acquire the major share of the chain saw market. And then in the 1990’s, Farfan and Mendes evolved into a reliable supplier of industrial equipment, including machinery for the timber industry, the wood working industry and the agricultural industry, as well as chemical fogging equipment, power tools, tyres for most types of vehicles, pulling and lifting systems, among others.
The Company’s Providence location.
Advancing into the 21st Century, the company continues to expand its range of products and services to anticipate and satisfy the needs of customers, and its renovated Urquhart Street office is fully equipped to handle its increasing customer base with efficient point of sale and after sales service.
With the addition of its sister company Mines Service Limited at its spacious Providence location, it is now able to offer industrial tyre repair and truck wheel alignment, and to manufacture wire rope slings and hydraulic and industrial hose to the specifications of the individual customer.