About Us

Pajari Instruments Ltd. has grown from a partnership established in 1945 when the first EX-AX surveying instrument that provided accurate azimuth and inclination was made available to the diamond drilling industry.

The partnership between Charles Trotter and George Pajari Sr. was known as Trotter-Pajari Instruments and the EX-AX Instrument was dubbed the "TROPARI" by the diamond drilling industry.

The name stuck irrespective of our attempts to give the evolving instrument line another name. Charles Trotter, a mechanical engineer, was also a marketing genius who developed substantial demand in Australia, Africa and South America in the 1940's and early 1950's. In fact the sales to each of these continents exceeded those to North America during those early years.

These were the first accurate, reliable and easy to use instruments available to the small diameter drilling market servicing the mining, exploration and site engineering sectors. Not many holes were surveyed then and our mission was clearly to educate the various fraternities on the availability of borehole surveying techniques. We have been doing just that ever since.

After the death of Charles Trotter in 1956, George Pajari Sr. with the assistance of his wife Hilda continued the business under the title of Pajari Instruments. George Sr. set most of the tenets that comprise our present Mission Statement. If it wasn't user friendly or if it had to have experts to operate it, that instrument design was doomed. If the customer wasn't getting good value in his opinion, manufacturing and repair procedures were examined to see where efficiency could be improved to cut costs without sacrificing Quality.

George Pajari Jr and his wife Darlene assumed the reins of Pajari Instruments Ltd. in 1981 when George Sr. decided on semi-retirement. George Jr. brought the "client geologist's" perspective to the company. The company moved from Toronto to a 30 hectare (80 acre) site near Orillia shortly afterward. This site provided the high magnetic latitude earth field environment without magnetic pollution that is necessary for accurate compass setting. The park like setting of this location is a positive psychological benefit for our staff.

Pajari Instruments Ltd. is providing an increasing array of "Surveying Instruments, Accessories and Application Tools". to enable the drilling industry to service its broad client base. This equipment is designed to provide efficient and cost effective borehole surveying. By working with drilling equipment manufacturers, drilling contractors and with clients of drilling services, we are able to define and provide industry compatible solutions.

Pajari Instruments Ltd. has been and is dedicated to the concept of a "total quality system". ISO 9001-2000 has provided our most recent standard for quality management.