Avery Weigh-Tronix
Avery Weigh-Tronix is a company specialising in weighing machines. Its headquarters stands on the site of the Soho Foundry overlooking Black Patch Park in Smethwick, England, with a United States-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 United States weighing company Weigh-Tronix acquired the Avery Berkel group of businesses, bringing together the four brands of W & T 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
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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.