Waste industry gets more focus following Avery Berkel sale
24-SEP-2007
Avery Weigh-Tronix has signalled its intention to focus solely on its core industrial customer base, including the waste management industry, with the sale of its food retail weighing business, Avery Berkel.
'The decision to sell retail was not easy, but it is in the best interests of both the retail and industrial parts of the company' commented Avery Weigh-Tronix CEO Jerry Bowe. 'It allows Avery Weigh-Tronix to focus on manufacturing, selling and servicing weighing technology for our key industrial customers.
The news from Avery Weigh-Tronix comes as the company unveils several new products and solutions for the waste industry. These include the development of new on board weighing technology using digital load cells and new software solutions.