19th Century
The roots of the modern Avery Weigh-Tronix-India extend back to 1911 when a small branch of W&T AVERY U.K was opened at Calcutta.
In 1956, Avery Company India Pvt Ltd (a manufacturing Facility) was established. The business expanded, becoming a Public Limited Company in 1968, and with the opening of another factory at the company’s present location Ballabhgarh in 1974.
In 1985, the company added an electronics factory, which has grown to become a Centre of Excellence for the manufacture of Load cells. In line with the country’s need for more localisation, our R&D Centre was approved by the Govt of India in 1995.
Avery Weigh-Tronix was acquired by ITW in 2008 and our journey of simplification, innovation and differentiated products was started:
- 2011: Introduction of global range of products
- 2012: Introduced J2 series weighbridges of Global design in India
- 2014: Introduced BMI series weighbridge for core verticals
- 2016: Enhanced Weighing Automation Solution capabilities
- 2017: Implemented Service Management System
- 2018 : New generation programmable indicators, BSQ bench, OHSAS compliance
- 2019: ISO 45001 & ISO 50001 accreditation
- 2020: Updated products J2/BMI Ultra series with Flexguard & SmarTower UWS launched
- 2021: Implementation of Salesforce(R) CRM
- 2022: New generation ‘ZT’ Digital loadcell launched
- 2023: MobiTrack mobile app for WB data on the go
- 2024: Incorporation of Artificial Intelligence in our automation system
The UK Business
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, where the business still resides today. 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.
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We have several green initiatives in place to help drive down our emissions, and we are also dedicated to achieving the ‘ITW Green House Gas’ reduction targets set through to 2030. Our continuous monitoring and improvement are reinforced by regular environmental, health and safety compliance audits. These help to ensure that the company’s facilities meet regulatory requirements and reinforce our commitment to safeguarding the environment.