Henry Theobald founded the Toledo Computing Scale and Cash Register Company to make and market the automatic computing pendulum scale invented by Allen DeVilbiss.
In 1945 Dr. Erhard Mettler started a precision mechanics company in Switzerland. In 1980 he sold the business to Ciba-Geigy AG.
In 1989 the Toledo Scale was also sold to Ciba-Geigy AG, which then merged it with Mettler Instruments to form Mettler Toledo, Inc. In 1997 the new company was spun-off and went public.
Today Mettler-Toledo makes precision weighing and analytical instruments for clients in the food retail, industrial, and laboratory industries.
Mettler-Toledo trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MTD, is a member of the S&P 400, is #866 in the Fortune 1000, has 12,000 employees, and had $2.49 billion in revenue in 2014.
Mettler-ToledoHenry Theobald founded the Toledo Computing Scale and Cash Register Company to make and market the automatic computing pendulum scale invented by Allen DeVilbiss.
In 1945 Dr. Erhard Mettler started a precision mechanics company in Switzerland. In 1980 he sold the business to Ciba-Geigy AG.
In 1989 the Toledo Scale was also sold to Ciba-Geigy AG, which then merged it with Mettler Instruments to form Mettler Toledo, Inc. In 1997 the new company was spun-off and went public.
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Today Mettler-Toledo makes precision weighing and analytical instruments for clients in the food retail, industrial, and laboratory industries.
Mettler-Toledo trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MTD, is a member of the S&P 400, is #866 in the Fortune 1000, has 12,000 employees, and had $2.49 billion in revenue in 2014.
