AVERY
letter scale

William Avery became the owner of a weighing scale company in 1813 following the death of his cousin. Together with his brother Thomas Avery, he continued the business. From 1818 onwards, it operated under the company name W & T Avery. It remained a family business for a long time; in 1894, it became W. and T. Avery Ltd. From 1900, branches were also established abroad, and other weighing scale manufacturers were acquired. For example, in 1913, Henry Pooley and Son and Parnall and Sons were acquired. In 1922, De Grave, Short and Co. also joined the group. In 1979, the Avery group was acquired by General Electric Company (GEC). In 1993, Berkel was acquired by GEC and subsequently merged into Avery-Berkel. In 2000, Weigh-Tronix purchased the Avery-Berkel company, and the business was given a new name: Avery Weigh-Tronix. On the letter scale shown here, the name AVERY appears on the left, thus without both initials W. & T. On the right is WARRANTED ACCURATE, which means: GUARANTEED ACCURATE. This suggests something, but in fact means nothing.