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Weigh-Tronix History

Technology Pioneers for Today and Tomorrow

Weigh-Tronix, Inc. is a technology developer and manufacturer of weighing and printing products and systems for customers with rapidly changing needs. For more than 35 years the company has accomplished consistent, strategic growth with the goal of becoming the preeminent supplier of weighing and printing technology for stand-alone and system applications.

NCI is the brand name for products manufactured by Weigh-Tronix in Santa Rosa, CA. Since our beginning in 1964, NCI has been a technology leader and innovator in manufacturing Mailing and Shipping bench scales, Point-of-Sale Interface scales, and Dot Matrix and Thermal Printers.

NCI brand products have a history of innovation that spans more than 35 years. Our customers expect and receive quality, durable equipment, delivered on time.

Weigh-Tronix takes pride in research, design, and careful manufacture of quality products. Our objective is to design products that enhance the efficiency and profitability of our customers.

Our intent is not to look back at our accomplishments, but to look forward. Our mission is to devote our present and future energies to responding to the changing needs of our customers and the marketplace.

Some Firsts:

1964 Founded - Pioneers in the electronic conversion of mechanical weigh batch systems, with digital readouts and automated control.

1966 Pioneered the flexure-base scale with digital readout for belt conveyer scales and platform systems.

1973 Developed the first cantilever beam load cells that would accurately weigh off-center.

1974 Introduced the World's first microprocessor-based postal rate computing scale.

1975 Developed the first counting scale integrating microprocessor and load cell technology.

1976 Developed the first all-electronic scale for Point-of-Sale (POS) bench scales linked to electronic cash registers.

1977 Introduced a microprocessor-based impact tape printer for industrial applications.

1981 Developed the first electronic postal scale used at U.S. postal customer service windows.

1986 Developed the world's most powerful and largest selling embedded scale-based parcel manifest system.

1993 Introduced the first weighing and parts-counting scale using QuartzellŽ Technology.

1995 Introduced the first postal Point-of-Sale counter top scale using QuartzellŽ Technology.