[Ohaus] makes scales and balances education, scientific industrial purposes around the world. Their HQ is in the USA although [Ohaus] has a presence on countries all over the world too.

[Ohaus] began life as a small family run business in 1912 when it created the [Ohaus] Harvard Trip® Balance. This became the standard in mechanical balances. Not long after they produced grain testing equipment and started to patent their products.

After the second world war, the demand for laboratory equipment increased and [ohaus] opened a factory in 1941.

During the 1950s and 1960s they pioneered the Cent-O-Gram® and the first Dial-O-Gram® scales. In 1968, [Ohaus] created scales for schools, which were unique in their simplicity and accuracy.