Overview
Revenue
$50 to $100 million (USD) per year
Headquarters
Kansas City, Missouri
Category
Weighing Solutions for the World
As one of the nation's oldest industrial manufacturing companies, Fairbanks Scales has consistently maintained a solid reputation of providing top quality products and service since 1830. Today, Fairbanks has more than 500 employees nationwide and maintains Customer Service Centers and authorized distributors in 49 states and more than 25 countries. Providing everything from precision and bench scales to heavy capacity truck scales and railroad track scales, Fairbanks continues to stand at the leading edge of weighing technology. For more than 180 years, Fairbanks has provided top quality industrial weighing equipment and dependable service through a network of Fairbanks sales and service representatives and authorized distributors. As an industry leader, 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. Fairbanks state-of-the-art technologies continue the tradition of setting the standard for weighing equipment throughout the world. Although a lot has changed over the years since the day Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale, one thing remains unchanged… Fairbanks Scales' time-honored tradition for accuracy, reliability and durability. Fairbanks Scales, Inc. manufactures measuring equipment. The Company's products include animal, bench, counting, floor, fork truck, health, in-motion, industrial, parcel, railroad, and truck scales and accessories for the food, automotive, railroad, medical, industrial, and other markets in the United States. Fairbanks Scales manufactures weighing devices for any need, from forklift loads to heavy capacity trucks to shipping packages as well as instruments and accessories.Fairbanks Scales in Little Rock, AR is a private company categorized under Scales-Repair. Current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of $500,000 to $1 million and employs a staff of approximately 5 to 9.Distributes laboratory, floor, tank, truck, railroad, mail, mechanical, electronic, counting & industrial scales; scale repair service Balance weighing containers or bowls or boats or papers, Weight measuring instrument accessories, Analytical balances, Axle load scales, Electronic toploading balances, Laboratory balances, Mechanical balances For over 180 years, Fairbanks has provided top quality industrial weighing equipment and dependable service through a network of Fairbanks sales and service representatives and authorized distributors.It all began with two brothers, Thaddeus and Erastus Fairbanks. Thaddeus, full of ideas for inventions, built a foundry in 1823 to manufacture two of his inventions—the cast iron plow and a stove. In 1824, the brothers formed the E&T Fairbanks Company in St. Johnsbury, VT. Once in business together, they realized that the current weighing system yielded inaccurate results. So, Thaddeus decided to invent a new, more dependable weighing machine.Today, Fairbanks has more than 500 employees nationwide and maintains service centers, authorized distributors and sales offices in 49 states and more than 25 countries. Selling everything from precision and bench scales to heavy capacity truck scales and railroad track scales, Fairbanks continues to stand at the leading edge of weighing technology.
