About Fairbanks Scales, Inc.

Since 1830, when Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale and founded the company that still bears his name, Fairbanks Scales has been meeting the world's weighing needs by providing customers with quality products and reliable service. Fairbanks Scales has survived civil war, world wars, natural disasters, economic collapse, and various mergers and ownership transitions to become one of the oldest manufacturing companies in the United States.
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Today, we continue to remain a leader in the weighing industry by constantly exploring advanced weighing and electronics technology. With more than 700 employees nationwide, we are dedicated to providing service and technical support around the world. From North America or the Pacific Rim, we serve every industry that weighs.

A Legacy of Leadership

Fairbanks has a long legacy of innovation throughout its 190 year history. The company's founder Thaddeus Fairbanks created the platform scale in 1830 setting the company apart as a leader in the weighing industry. Since then there have been countless inventions, improvements and patents on Fairbanks' weighing instruments.
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State-of-the-art technologies continue the Fairbanks tradition of setting the standard for weighing equipment throughout the world. Fairbanks' Intalogix® Technology allows scales to achieve higher levels of accuracy, diagnostic capabilities and reliability currently unmatched by industry competitors. Industry-first sanitary-design weighing systems help to meet the increasing demand for contaminant- free food processing equipment. Fairbanks' water-tight epoxy encapsulation of circuit boards, the same system used in aerospace applications, helps ensure that Fairbanks' scales will stand up in the most trying conditions, where competitors simply cannot.

Weighing Solutions for the World

For more than 190 years, Fairbanks has provided top quality industrial weighing equipment and dependable service through a network of Fairbanks sales and service representatives and authorized distributors. Fairbanks continues to break new ground in scale design, setting the new standard in weighing equipment and systems engineering while meeting the special needs of our customers.