History
1982: William Chen establishes the exclusive distributor of Rug Doctor products in China, Hong Kong
& Macau
1994: Manufacturing operations are established in Dongguan (China) for Rug Doctor
1996: The Company changed his name to Viper Industrial products and began tooling also
vacuums, floor machines and other cleaning equipment. VIPER established the sales office in
Shanghai
1998: Viper starts production of its own triple planetary gear boxes
2001: Viper U.S. is established
2001: Viper begans to make its injection molding operations and production of 1.0 hp and 1.5 hp
AC motors
2001: Viper moved to a new locations with 12.000 m2
2002: Viper began rotational molding operations
2004: First production line was set up for automatic scrubbers
2006: Viper began production of DC and vacuum motors
2007: Nilfisk Group acquired Viper
2009: Viper launched their European CE-approved models into the following markets: Italy,
Germany, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, UK, Spain and Portugal.