Rice Lake Weighing Systems in acquisition mode

During the past two months, Rice Lake Weighing Systems has announced the acquisition of two existing businesses.

In late September, the company announced the purchase of the FlexWeigh Division of Enduro Systems, located in Santa Rosa, Calif. Since 1978 FlexWeigh has been a premier manufacturer of electronic scale equipment and custom weighing solutions with a reputation for outstanding quality and service.

Rice Lake and FlexWeigh have enjoyed a positive working relationship for more than 15 years. Because of a strong working relationship and parallel business philosophies, the transition is expected to be seamless. Manufacturing operations will be transferred to Rice Lake’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and headquarters in Wisconsin over the next several months.

Last month, Rice Lake Weighing Systems also announced the purchase of Precision Loads of Seattle, Wash. Founded in 1993, Precision Loads is a manufacturer of on-board scales. Rice Lake has been the exclusive national distributor for Precision Loads since 2005. With this acquisition, Rice Lake Weighing Systems has expanded their presence in the field of on-board weighing and will take a more active role in the design, manufacture and support of these products, in addition to continuing to develop new technologies in on-board weighing solutions.

Rice Lake Weighing Systems is a family-owned, ISO 9001 certified corporation, with headquarters, metrology laboratory and main manufacturing plant in Rice Lake. Existing additional manufacturing facilities are located in Jasper, Ala., and Newtown, CT.

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