As the result of management-buy-out, PIP Electronics Company Limited was founded at the First of January 1997. With the new set-up, the Company took up the role of Philips Hong Kong for the sales and marketing of Philips Industrial Automation products including Philips Weighing, Philips Industrial X-Ray and Philips Machinery Automation (renamed as GWT GLOBAL Weighing*, YXLON and PMA Prozeβ- und Maschinen-Automation respectively after sold out by Philips in early 1998) in Hong Kong and China markets such that the same teams of people were transferred together with their experience and know-how.

With our long time presence in the China market, we serve our customers with a mature sales and services network in the industries we had participated. With our professional expertise, we provide any customized solutions to our customers with areas of core competence in related technology. We strive for excellent and, because of this, the high quality of our products and services make PIP become a preferred partner in the market.

* GWT GLOBAL Weighing got only the Module and Application businesses from Philips Weighing. Turkey Project business of Philips Weighing transferred to eeG Energy and Environmental Engineering GmbH in 2000.

Before 1987
Philips S&I Department was responsible for the Electronic Weighing, X-Ray Equipment and other automation products.
1987
Established the Industrial Automation Department / Philips Industrial Electronics in Philips Hong Kong Limited.
1989
Installed the first Philips Automatic Batching System on a high quality glass production line in Jiangmen.
1992
Completion of installation and commissioning on the first automatic Lube Oil Blending System for an oil company in Hong Kong, to improve the quality of the lubricating oil and their production management.
1994
Implementation of Operating Company concept and changed from Industrial Automation to Philips Weighing, Philips Industrial X-Ray, Philips Machinery Automation.
1995
Implementation of Total Quality Management by Cockpit Approach and became a member of the Peer Auditors for Philips Quality Award ‘90.
1997
Transfer of Philips Weighing (i.e. modules, applications & turnkey), Industrial X-Ray and Machinery Automation activities to PIP Electronics in Hong Kong. Assisted Philips Turnkey for the installation and commissioning of the first Lube Oil Blending System in China (located at Zhapu) in the first half of the year. Assisted Philips Turnkey for the installation and commissioning of the second Lube Oil Blending System in Tianjin in the second half of the year.
1998
Change of ownership of Philips Turnkey (now called eeG) and modules/applications (now called GWT), Philips Industrial X-Ray (now called YXLON) and Philips Machinery Automation (now called PMA). PIP Weighing Team was invited by GE and transferred to Hong Kong GWT Co. to take care of the weighing activities.
2000
PIP Weighing Team followed the GWT business and transferred to Sartorius Hong Kong, the team was also responsible for the BOEKELS metal detectors and checkweighers’ sales and services in the China market and Asia Pacific Region. March
2003
PIP Team back to PIP. PIP is the exclusive distributor for CASSEL’s metal detectors in China / Hong Kong markets.
2004
Added Italy AEP transducers and DINI ARGEO industrial weighing equipment in the PIP's product range.
2006
Marketing of CASSEL’s new products - x-ray scanner and checkweigher.
2007
Authorized to distribute and sell the wind sensors/instruments of Adolf Thies, Germany.
2009
Successfully brought the Cassel wide x-ray machine in the insulated paper board of Chinese market, helping customers to improve their products' quality.
2010
Assisted eeG for the installation and commissioning of the Lube Oil Blending System in China (located at Xinhui) in the second half of the year.