History
Ishida Co Ltd was established in Kyoto, Japan in 1893.
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.
Please scroll through the images below to see some of the most important dates in Ishida's history so far:
1972
Ishida develops the world’s first multihead weigher
1985
Ishida Europe, established in Birmingham, UK
1991
Ishida establishes sales and service office in the Netherlands
1993
Ishida launches DACS checkweighers in Europe
1993
Ishida establishes sales and service office in Switzerland
1997
Ishida establishes sales and service office in Dubai, Middle East
1998
Ishida establishes European manufacturing centre in Birmingham, UK
1998
Ishida launches Apex Snack Food bagmaker into Europe
2000
Ishida establishes sales and service office in South Africa
2000
Ishida launches CCW-M multihead weigher range
2002
Ishida opens sales and service office in the Czech Republic
2002
Ishida launches pick-and-place system for end-of line casepacking
2002
Ishida launches the FPS casepacker
2002
Ishida acquires Qualitech Systems Handling Ltd in Poole, UK
2002
Ishida launches Atlas bagmaker in Europe
2003
Ishida opens sales and service office in Paris, France
2004
Ishida launches the revolutionary R-Series range of multihead weighers
2005
Ishida establishes sales and service office in Schwaebisch-Hall, Germany
2005
Ishida launches the RS-Series of multihead weighers
2005
Ishida launches the IX-GA range of X-ray inspection system
2006
Ishida launches the QX-1100 Tray sealer
2007
Ishida launches the advanced version of the Ishida Total Packing System (iTPS) for snacks
2008
Ishida opens sales and service office in Romania
2008
Ishida launches the CCW-R screw feeder weigher range for handling "sticky" products
2009
Ishida forms a dedicated solutions team across EMEA
2009
Ishida launches the CCW-SE multihead weigher range
2010
Ishida launches DACS-G checkweigher range
2010
Ishida launches Ishida Data Capture System (IDCS) for checkweighers
2011
Ishida launches the QX-1100 Flex tray sealer range
2012
Ishida opens sales and service office in Moscow, Russian Federation
2013
Ishida launches the evolutionary RV-Series multihead weigher range
2013
Ishida launches the Side Beam X-ray inspection system
2013
Ishida launches the Roto-batcher for fresh chicken
