1972 – 1985
BABY STEPS
In 1972, Rotary Electrical was founded as a partnership with Chia Kim Piow as the Managing Director with a total strength of sixty employees. Its main activity was electrical installation sub-contracting, catering to oil refineries and petrochemical plants located in Singapore.
By 1973, the partnership was admitted to the panels of resident contractors of Mobil Oil (Singapore), Singapore Refining Company and Esso (Singapore) for instrumentation and electrical maintenance works in recognition for its ability to meet the standards imposed by the major oil refineries.
Rotary Electrical was converted into a private limited company in 1975 which led to the expansion of the company and its workforce.
With increasing business activities, Rotary Engineering was incorporated in 1980 as a private limited company to cater for the fast growing company. Its activities also began to expand into other engineering disciplines.
In an amalgamation exercise carried out in 1983, Rotary Electrical was acquired by Rotary Engineering. With this acquisition, Rotary’s core business activities expanded into storage tanks, civil and structure/building, mechanical equipment installation, and piping including procurement while Rotary Electrical continued to focus on electrical and instrumentation engineering and installation.