Ishida Europe Limited

Ishida is a world leader in the design, manufacture and installation of complete weighing and packing line solutions for the food industry. The company was founded in Kyoto, Japan in 1893, and today has a turnover in excess of $1 billion, with more than 3,500 employees worldwide. A family-owned business passed down over five generations, Ishida prides itself on being a customer-led company, driven by its unique Three-Way Harmony philosophy - Good for our customers, good for society and good for our company. With a global installed base well in excess of 100,000 machines, Ishida is the undisputed world market leader for multihead weighers and one of the leading global suppliers of traysealers, snack food bagmakers, leak detectors, x-ray inspection systems, checkweighers, weigh-price-labellers, vision systems and Industry 4.0 solutions. This extensive product range, along with the company’s in-depth knowledge and experience of many industries, mean that Ishida is able to design and install complete turnkey solutions. Ishida Europe Ltd was established in Birmingham in 1985 to look after customers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. In the 1990s the company commenced manufacturing of machinery in the UK. This initiative was deployed to support development of a European engineering function in order to diversify manufacturing, reduce economical and technical risks and to reduce lead times.