Scale
Source is one of the leading companies in the U.S.
offering quality and professional industrial weighing
solutions to customers, from large corporations to
small business owners. Scale Source serves customers
through its eight locations in the Midwest and Southern
Regions including Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska
and Oklahoma.
We
are proud to be a supplier of quality weighing equipment
and replacement parts to our U.S. customers and around
the world. We are registered in the following states
in the U.S. to service, rent and install weighing
equipment: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Tennessee and Texas.
We
are a distributor for Mettler-Toledo, the worlds largest
scale manufacturer. We also represent such recognizable
names as Rice Lake Weighing Systems, Fairbanks, Avery
Weigh-Tronix, and many others.
Three
locations within Scale Source®
are currently ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited.
Our
professional staff is available to answer all of your
questions. We pride ourselves in offering personal
service with a friendly attitude. It is important
to us that you can put a face with a name, so feel
free to browse our listing of our entire
staff, and means to contact each directly.
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click
here to view our company brochure.
A
little history...
Scale
Source opened its doors in 1976 in the small town
of Ledbetter, Kentucky, at that time known as West
Kentucky Scale Company. James H. "Jim" Whitledge,
Founder, with only two technicians, offered sales
and service of scales to local area businesses and
plants.
As
time passed, West Kentucky Scale Company grew. Jim’s
son began working for the company as a technician…who
soon recognized the potential of this young but successful
company. In 1989, twenty-six year old Randy Whitledge
purchased the company from his father.
Now
growing exponentially, the company strengthened and
expanded the technical department, as well as staffed
in-house construction crews to install scales across
the nation. Little did the young
new owner know, that branching out into the Missouri
market with ‘Heartland Weighing Systems’
was just the beginning.
In
2001, West Kentucky Scale Company acquired Lewis Distributor
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. With the goal in mind
to continue its’ expansion, the company merged
the three offices to form Scale Source. The new name
was selected to better symbolize the ability to offer
an expanded sales and service area throughout the
Southern regions of the U.S. It was also selected
to reflect uniformity throughout the three locations
as leaders in sales and service of weighing equipment.
Five
years later, Scale Source seized the opportunity to
branch into Iowa and Nebraska. The acquisition of
R&V Scale with its five locations allows Scale
Source to boast eight successful locations with a
professional staff of almost sixty.
Much
of the latter growth of Scale Source has been accomplished
through acquisitions. Although Scale Source has grown
leaps and bounds since 1976, at the heart, it still
operates with the beliefs and values of the one man
inspired to first open its doors.