Argus Electronics was founded in 1977 and began by designing and manufacturing electronic 999 dialing machines for the security industry. We then developed a range of plug-in electronic timers which were distributed by various companies under the ‘Pennine Timer’ label, we still make today the Mk 3 version of these timers.

In 1993 we moved into our current modern single storey premises of 1600 square feet, situated in the Pennine village of Greenfield near the Lancashire / Yorkshire border, with easy access to the M1, M6 and M62 motorways.

We are a family owned company; Geoffrey Hilton, an electronics graduate of Liverpool University is the technical partner, and Norma, his wife, is the commercial and production partner.

We offer a bespoke design, development and manufacturing service, particularly for 'non-electronic' companies who either use them in their products, or sell them on under their own brand name.

We have a CAD design system and fully computerised stock control and bill of materials system for a fast efficient service. The PCBs we design into our products cover all types; single sided, multilayer and surface mount, and the PCB assembly is all done by hand by our skilled personnel. Our long experience in this business and the high standard of workmanship combine to make reliable quality products.

Our diverse product range includes timers, temperature controllers, current sense units, pH controllers, thermometers, level controllers, gas leak detectors, flue gas analysers, fire display panels, flowmeter/totalisers, X-ray control equipment, chemical analysers/controllers for copper and nickel solutions, We currently have on file over 1000 different drawings and assemblies relating to 120 distinctly different products some of which have many variants.

Our main customers include:
ATP Instrumentation, Avecia Ltd., EMO Ltd., Halco Drilling, Pennine Ground Engineering, Pennine Components, Pressmain Pressurisation Ltd., Schlumberger Ltd., Shipley-Ronal (formerly Lea Ronal), Soliflo, TM Inst