Our History

1982:
William Chen is established as the exclusive distributor for Rug Doctor in China, Hong Kong & Macau

1994:
Rug Doctor establishes manufacturing operations in Dongguan (China)

1996:
The Company changes its name to VIPER Industrial Products begins tooling vacuums, floor machines and other cleaning equipment. VIPER establishes a sales office in Shanghai

1998:
VIPER starts production of their own triple planetary gear boxes

2001:
VIPER is established in the USA 

2001:
VIPER commences  injection molding operations and the production of 1.0 hp and 1.5 hp AC motors

2001:
VIPER relocates to a larger 12.000 m2 production facility

2002:
VIPER commences rotational molding operations

2004:
The first production line is set up for automatic scrubbers

2006:
VIPER begins production of DC and vacuum motors

2007:
Nilfisk-Advance Group acquires VIPER

2009:
VIPER launches a range of European CE-approved models in Italy,Germany, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, UK, Ireland, Spain and Portugal.