Avery Weigh-Tronix
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Avery Weigh-Tronix is a company specialising in weighing machines. Its HQ stands on the site of the Soho Foundry
overlooking Black Patch Park
in Smethwick, Birmingham
, England
, with a US
-based manufacturing
and retail
manufacturing plant.
Avery Weigh-Tronix (AWTX UK) is the UK’s largest manufacturer of scales and weighing equipment. AWTX is a company specialising in the service, maintenance, calibration and sales of weighing equipment. AWTX also offer nationwide cover for scale and IT-based product installation, repair and maintenance through a network of service centres and technicians.
It was formed in June 2000 when US weighing company Weigh-Tronix acquired the Avery Berkel
group of businesses, bringing together the four brand
s of Avery, Berkel, Salter
and Weigh-Tronix. Avery Weigh-Tronix is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of weighing equipment.
On the Soho Foundry site the company runs one of the very few Museums of Weighing in the world; admission by appointment only.
Corporate family
The Illinois Tool Works or ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 200 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It was founded in 1912 by Byron L. Smith.
The consolidation of the group was finally completed in September 2003, when the change of name to Avery Weigh-Tronix created a single corporate entity to service today’s global markets.
Salter Brecknell
Avery Weigh-Tronix also sells products under the brand name Salter Brecknell: scales are sold through a dealer/distributor network and direct to some retailers, including mechanical and consumer products.
Soho Foundry
Soho Foundry was a factory created in 1795 by Matthew Boulton and James Watt at Smethwick, West Midlands, England , for the manufacture of steam engines.-History:...
overlooking Black Patch Park
Black Patch Park
Black Patch Park is a park in Smethwick, England. It is bounded by Foundry Lane, Woodburn Road, Perrott Street and Kitchener Street, at .The park, covering over , was formerly part of a sparsely populated landscape of commons and woodland , dotted with farms and cottages which has been transformed...
in Smethwick, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, with a US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-based manufacturing
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
and retail
Retail
Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...
manufacturing plant.
Avery Weigh-Tronix (AWTX UK) is the UK’s largest manufacturer of scales and weighing equipment. AWTX is a company specialising in the service, maintenance, calibration and sales of weighing equipment. AWTX also offer nationwide cover for scale and IT-based product installation, repair and maintenance through a network of service centres and technicians.
It was formed in June 2000 when US weighing company Weigh-Tronix acquired the Avery Berkel
Avery Berkel
Avery Berkel, a major manufacturer of weighing systems and food processing equipment, was formed in 1993 when the British conglomerate GEC combined their GEC Avery Ltd. business with the newly acquired Berkel company...
group of businesses, bringing together the four brand
Brand
The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a "Name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers."...
s of Avery, Berkel, Salter
Salter Housewares
Salter Housewares is a British manufacturer of consumer weighing scales for personal and kitchen use, and other kitchen accessories...
and Weigh-Tronix. Avery Weigh-Tronix is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of weighing equipment.
On the Soho Foundry site the company runs one of the very few Museums of Weighing in the world; admission by appointment only.
Corporate family
The Illinois Tool Works or ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 200 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It was founded in 1912 by Byron L. Smith.
The consolidation of the group was finally completed in September 2003, when the change of name to Avery Weigh-Tronix created a single corporate entity to service today’s global markets.
Salter Brecknell
Avery Weigh-Tronix also sells products under the brand name Salter Brecknell: scales are sold through a dealer/distributor network and direct to some retailers, including mechanical and consumer products.