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Torbal, formerly known as The Torsion Balance Company, is a leading manufacturer of analytical balances. Based in Clifton, New Jersey, Torbal offers a wide range of analytical balances specifically for pharmacy and laboratory environments, along with industrial scales, moisture analyzers and pill counters.

Company History
The Torsion Balance Company was founded in the late nineteenth century. The technology which made the company unique was the use of taut bands in the classic Roberval suspension. This eliminated the effect of side and end loads, and is still in use in almost all scales and balances today. The company progressed and grew, primarily through sales in the pharmaceutical, medical, analytical and laboratory markets.

It acquired the Christian Becker Company, a leading maker of analytical balances, in 1915.

During World War II, the Torsion Balance Company devoted much of its manufacturing and technical expertise to devices used in the war effort.

In 1975, the Torsion Balance Company was acquired by Vertex Industries, a manufacturer of bar code and mag-stripe reading equipment.

Vertex sold Torbal to Fulcrum, Inc. in the year 2000. At that time, the company’s emphasis shifted from the pharmacy market. While still offering compounding scales, a full line of laboratory and analytical balances were also introduced.