In early 1983, PROTOOL Engineering Enterprises Private Limited was incorporated as a company, specializing in the supply of Limit Gauges, Precision Measuring Tools and Dimensional Metrology Equipment The company supplied to and dealt with major engineering sectors in Singapore's growing industrial market, namely: Military and Ordnance, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics and computer related sectors, OEM and other metal related engineering works.
Within the first quarter of 1985, the company ventured into the sub-contracting business by setting up a machine factory to provide engineering services for the machining of metal parts, catering largely to multi-national organizations based in regional markets.
PROTOOL quickly became a leading supplier of Precision limit gauges in the local and neighboring marketplace.