In 1976, with microprocessor technology revolutionizing the electronics industry, the Doran scale was introduced as a highly specialized electronic laboratory grain scale. The United States Department of Agriculture and Federal Grain Inspection Service quickly approved the scale. Doran Scales designs and produces scales that are able to perform with accuracy in the hostile washdown environments found in the food processing industry. The company offers a range of tower heights, platform sizes, custom indicators, user-programmable options and software. Doran Scales manufactures battery-powered scales, bench scales, checkweighing scales, digital weight indicators, floor scales and scale bases. All scales are designed for any weighing application from .0002 to 1,000 pounds, as well as for special tasks such as checkweighing, batching and grading. Doran Scales is located in Batavia, Ill.