From its roots in weighing equipment, Ishida went on to build the world's first automatic weighing machine in 1959. Thirteen years later, the revolutionary Multihead Weigher was launched.
Since 1972, Ishida has grown steadily, expanding the product range vastly to offer not only weighing systems, but also packing machines, quality control systems and complete solutions for fresh, frozen and dry foods.
Equally, Ishida's customer base has increased dramatically, ranging from individual multiheads or checkweighers for small contracts packers to complete packing plants for multinational blue-chip companies.
1893
- Founded as Ishida Scales Mfg. Co.
1968
- Shiga factory opened
1972
- Development of the first multihead weigher
1977
- Development of Japan’s first load-cell industrial scales
1985
- Foundation of Ishida Europe
1990
- Opening of Ishida Europe BV in Netherlands
1993
- Opening of Ishida AG, Switzerland
1996
- Launch of Snack food bagmaker and the ACP Casepacker in Europe
1997
- Opening of Manufacturing plant in Birmingham, UK
- Opening of Ishida Middle East in the U.A.E
1999
- Launch of the Fresh Food Weigher (FFFW), linear multihead weigher for sticky / fresh food in EMEA
2000
- Ishida establishes sales and service office in South Africa
- Launch CCW-M multihead weigher range
2002
- Ishida establishes sales and service office in the Czech Republic
- Launch of FPS Pick-and-Place Packer and Weigh-Price-Labeller.
2003
- Launch of Ishida QX Traysealer range in Europe
2004
- Opening of Ishida Europe - France and Ishida GmbH in Germany
- Launch of the revolutionary R series Multihead Weigher Range
2006
- Opening of sales and service office in Romania
- Launch of Ishida QX-1100 High-speed twin lane tray sealer and the Ishida IX-GA X-ray inspection system range in EMEA
2007
- Launch of Screw feeder weighers for sticky food
2008
- Launch of Weigh-Batcher-System for meat, poultry and fish, IPS pick-and-place system, cut gate weigher range in EMEA for granular products, F-SPA flexible strip-pack applicator for display-ready pillow packs and the Ishida data Capture System (IDCS) for Ishida checkweighers
2010
- Takahide Ishida becomes company president
- Launch of DACS-G checkweigher range
2011
- Launch of Flexline solution for fresh food into trays, Weigh-Batcher for poultry and the QX-1100 Flex tray sealer
2012
- Launch of QX-775 Flex tray sealer
- Opening of Ishida Russia office
2013
- Ishida’s 120th anniversary, New logo adopted
- Launch of CCW-RV multihead weigher range, QX-300-Flex tray sealer, Flex-Grader for meat, poultry and fish and Roto-Batcher for poultry
2014
- Launch of ultrasonic bagmaker for snacks and the IX-G2 dual-energy X-ray inspection system for bone detection
2015
- Launch of Ishida Expert interactive training software and the Ishida AirScan leak detection system
- Shiga factory expansion
2018
- Ishida Europe demonstration centre opened
- Opening of Ishida Sweden
2019
- Opening of Ishida East Africa office
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