How it started…
The history of Phoenix Engineering dates back to year 1967 when the founding Company Phoenix Engineering & Development Sdn Bhd was established as a local trading company specializing in agricultural machinery at a time when agriculture was the mainstay of the state economy.
In the development of the agriculture industry in Sabah, Phoenix Engineering found a niche in the irrigation sector. Backed by an agency line from and working closely with an Australian pump company, and later an American company, the company founder was able to effect sufficient technology transfer to successfully propose, install and commission hundreds of irrigation and flood control pumping operations and plants throughout the length and breadth of the state of Sabah. The company was the first to introduce axial flow pumps into Sabah, then of Ornel brand in the 60’s. Then in the 70’s the company started distributing Batescrew pumps and trash screens in Sabah and in the 80’s this was supplemented with the MWI Hydraflo range.