Who We Are - Avery Weigh-Tronix

Avery Weigh-Tronix is one of the world’s leading suppliers of weighing solutions.

By drawing on the latest research and technology from around the globe, Avery Weigh-Tronix offers a product portfolio that is second to none: providing business focused products and solutions under several of the industry’s most established brand names, including Avery Weigh-Tronix, Brecknell and Dillon.

Local Support, Global Presence

With the Indirect Division headquarters, R&D and manufacturing base in Minnesota, Avery Weigh-Tronix has a presence across the whole of the United States. Our established network of distributors and dealers undergo extensive product training to provide you with a trustworthy and knowledgeable source for all of your weighing requirements.

Avery Weigh-Tronix operates worldwide through a network of wholly owned companies and international dealers and distributors, allowing us to provide a fast response and locally tailored solutions in more than 100 countries.

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Our Corporate Family

Owned by Illinois Tool Works, Avery Weigh-Tronix incorporates some of the best known and longest-established companies in the weighing industry.

Illinois Tool Works

Avery Weigh-Tronix is owned by Illinois Tool Works (ITW): a Fortune 200 company which is one of the world’s leading diversified manufacturers of specialized industrial equipment, consumables, and related service businesses.

A leading international business corporation with more than 100 years of history, ITW employs approximately 45,000 people and has operations in 53 countries worldwide.

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Avery Weigh-Tronix Scales for Agribusiness

Scale components and systems which have stood the test of time on thousands of farms worldwide and are ready to handle any agricultural environment.

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Dillon Force Measurement Equipment

Dillon is a market leading manufacturer of instrumentation that measures force including load cells, overload protection and suspended weighing products.

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Brecknell

Brecknell offer a range of light commercial scale products, with a focus on high-value solutions and accuracy.

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Exactrak – Real time vehicle tracking

A unique web based tracking and monitoring system for specialist municipal and highways maintenance vehicles, including gritters, gully emptiers and refuse trucks.

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Quality

At Avery Weigh-Tronix, we take a holistic approach to quality.

Quality does not stop just with the products we make and services we provide. It is an attitude we take in everything that we do. Quality consciousness starts from the moment our sales or service representatives contact our customers, it continues as we design the products, as we purchase raw materials, as we make the products, as we inspect them, as we document the results, as we pack and deliver the products, and as we install and service them.

Needless to say our holistic approach to quality, fits like a glove, with ISO 9001 Quality Management Standards requirements:

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History & Heritage

The roots of the modern Avery Weigh-Tronix extend back to 1731 when James Ford established a business as a maker of “stilliards” in Digbeth, near Birmingham, UK.

As the Industrial Revolution gathered momentum, the business was transferred to William Avery, soon joined by his brother Thomas, who traded under the name W&T Avery.

In 1876, the company produced their first Weighbridge, with the first Service and maintenance contracts added soon after, in 1887.

In 1895, the company acquired James Watt & Co and moved to the 25 acre Soho Foundry site in Smethwick. At the time of the death of the last Avery family member in 1918, it employed over 3,000 people and had businesses all over the world. Following the highly successful introduction of the first digital retail scale in 1971, the company was acquired by the GEC Group in 1979.

The US Business

The American side of the business, Weigh-Tronix, was incorporated in 1971 as a designer and manufacturer of agricultural scales. The company’s proprietary technology, the Weigh Bar®, allowed it to quickly expand into all types of industrial scales. Once part of the Staveley group, Weigh-Tronix acquired Avery with the help of private equity in 2000. After several private equity owners, the company was sold to ITW in 2008.

The Present Day

Today, Avery Weigh-Tronix encompasses a number of the world’s best-known weighing companies, including Brecknell, Dillon and Railweight. The company is now a wholly owned subsidiary of ITW corporation, a publicly traded, Fortune 500 company with operations in 57 countries. ITW has a repository of proven strategies and business process models used by all subsidiaries. These tools help companies find new ways to enhance customer satisfaction by providing original, customized products and service.