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Avery Weigh-Tronix

Logo: Avery Weigh-Tronix, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Manufacturer of weighing scales1

Avery Weigh-Tronix is a subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works specialising in industrial weighing machines. Its headquarters stands on the site of the Soho Foundry in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. The company additionally has a United States–based manufacturing and retail manufacturing plant.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersSmethwick1

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Avery Weigh-Tronix is a subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works specialising in industrial weighing machines. Its headquarters stands on the site of the Soho Foundry in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. The company additionally has a United States–based manufacturing and retail manufacturing plant. The company is one of the largest suppliers of weighing devices. The company is registered as Avery Weigh-Tronix, Ltd. in the UK and Avery Weigh-Tronix, LLC in the US.2

Corporate structure

Avery Weigh-Tronix is part of a group headed by Illinois Tool Works. 359 entities, 46 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Illinois Tool Works Glenview, Illinois, United States
    • Avery Weigh-Tronix Smethwick
    • Illinois Tool Works (Australia) Subsidiary · Melbourne, Australia
    • Illinois Tool Works (Germany) Subsidiary · Mühlacker, Germany
    • Miller Electric Subsidiary · Appleton
    • Accessories Marketing Holding Corp. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • ACCULUBE Manufacturing GmbH - Schmiermittel und -geräte - Subsidiary · Germany
    • Advanced Molding Co., Inc. Subsidiary · Philippines
    • AIP/BI Holdings, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Allen France SAS Subsidiary · France
    • Alpine Systems Corporation Subsidiary · Canada
    • Anaerobicos S.r.l. Subsidiary · Argentina
    • AppliChem GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
    • Avery Berkel France Subsidiary · France
    • Avery India Limited Subsidiary · India
    • Avery Malaysia Sdn Bhd Subsidiary · Malaysia
    • Avery Weigh-Tronix (Suzhou) Weighing Technology Co., Ltd. Subsidiary · China
    • Avery Weigh-Tronix Finance Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Avery Weigh-Tronix International Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • B.C. Immo Subsidiary · France
    • Beijing Miller Electric Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Subsidiary · China
    • Berkel (Ireland) Limited Subsidiary · Ireland
    • Berrington UK Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Bonnet SAS Subsidiary · France
    • Brapenta Eletronica Ltda. Subsidiary · Brazil
    • Brooks Instrument (Shanghai) Co. Ltd Subsidiary · China
    • and 333 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The company was formed in June 2000 when the U.S.-based weighing company Weigh-Tronix acquired the Avery Berkel group of companies. Avery Berkel was the result of the merger between GEC Avery (formally W & T Avery) and Berkel.

Avery Weigh-Tronix was the parent company in the group with every other company (including Avery Berkel) being brands of Avery Weigh-Tronix. Avery Weigh-Tronix was used as the industrial brand of the company.

In September 2007, Illinois Tool Works acquired Avery Berkel from Avery Weigh-Tronix.

In September 2008, Illinois Tool Works acquires Avery Weigh-Tronix, Avery Berkel and Avery Weigh-Tronix were kept separate with Avery Weigh-Tronix focusing more on the industrial and commercial and Avery Berkel focusing on retail.

From Wikipedia’s article on Avery Weigh-Tronix, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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