Avery Berkel

Avery Berkel is a brand and major manufacturer of commercial weighing machines owned by Illinois Tool Works.

Avery Berkel
Brand
IndustryRetail Weighing machine
FateAcquired by Weigh-Tronix, continues to operate as a brand.
PredecessorGEC Avery (W & T Avery)
Berkel company
SuccessorAvery Weigh-Tronix
Founded1993
Parent
Websitewww.averyberkel.com

Avery Berkel initially started in 1993 when the British conglomerate General Electric Company combined their GEC Avery (formerly W & T Avery) business with the newly acquired Berkel company. The group continued as a subsidiary of GEC (and later Marconi plc) until March 2000 when it was sold to Weigh-Tronix for £102.5 million to create Avery Weigh-Tronix.[1] Avery Berkel continued as the commercial brand of Avery Weigh-Tronix.

In September 2007, Illinois Tool Works acquired Avery Berkel from Avery Weigh-Tronix.[2] Illinois Tool Works acquired Avery Weigh-Tronix one year later, but kept the two companies separate.[3]

References
  1. "Enron agrees to sell Wessex Water". Membrane Technology. 2002 (4): 1. April 2002. doi:10.1016/s0958-2118(02)80115-x. ISSN 0958-2118.
  2. "Illinois Tool Works Inc. Acquires Food Retail Weighing Business Avery Berkel". news.thomasnet.com. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  3. "Illinois Tool Works Buys Avery Weigh-Tronix". Packaging Digest. 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2019-10-14.


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