Cross Company History – Scale Source
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, the 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.
The company strengthened and expanded the technical department, as well as staffed in-house construction crews to install scales across the nation. In 2001, West Kentucky Scale Company acquired Lewis Distributor in Oklahoma City, OK. With the goal in mind to continue 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, in 2006, Scale Source seized the opportunity to branch into Iowa and Nebraska. The acquisition of R&V Scale with its five locations allowed Scale Source to boast eight successful locations with a professional staff of almost sixty.
In 2012, Scale Source was acquired by J.A. King, which went on to become our precision measurement group. The addition of a rich history and expertise in scale calibration services across a large part of the Midwest allowed our precision measurement team to greatly expand our offering to better serve customers in a wider area. With that foundation, today we operate full service calibration laboratories in Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Kentucky.
