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With several fundamental patents granted during our first thirty years in operation, Thayer Scale demonstrated an early commitment to innovation. Some of these innovations include: 1959: The Bridge Breaker ® flow aid for bins, hopper and chutes: Ensures reliable discharge of materials that tend to bridge, cake, flush or otherwise obstruct free and consistent flow 1969: Cable suspension scale system: Blocks all nuisance, erroneous, and destructive (shock and impact) force vectors that may interfere with precise measurements 1971: Digital electronic integration system for belt scales and weigh feeders: Provides a number of accuracy and stability improvements over analog and servo-based integration systems (systems prevalent in the 70s and 80s) 1971: First Certificate of Conformance for a commercial conveyor belt scale: Issued by the National Bureau of Standards 1976: Scale location compensation for multiple feeder proportioning systems: Provides a means to transpose the digital weight signal to a downstream location, facilitating ingredient blending and proportioning What We Do Thayer Scale is a manufacturing and technology company; we design and manufacture specialized equipment for the continuous weighing and feeding of bulk materials. Our global customers rely on our equipment to produce a wide range of on-spec mixtures and compounds within three major product segments: food and sanitary, chemical and industrial, and home and energy. An Enduring Culture of Innovation For seventy years, our company has maintained its original business philosophy, product line specialization, and operating structure. We attribute our longstanding success to: • A deeply experienced team (the result of low employee turnover) • Management and financial stability • An unwavering focus on a specialized family of products: conveyor belt scales, gravimetric feeders and flow-promotion aids Thayer Scale thrives on innovation. We hold numerous patents related to weighing and feeding equipment; these breakthroughs have helped advance productivity and cost-efficiency across the industry. Our Core Technology Thayer Scale was founded in a small Massachusetts garage in 1949 after our founders, Floyd and Warren Thayer, invented the Flexure Suspension Scale. Our company's early goal was to develop "core technology" to improve accuracy and consistency for a wide range of continuous weighing and feeding processes. Our technology—then and now— comprises: • Scale Technology • Instrumentation • Material Handling Solutions Today, our highly specialized product portfolio is built upon these core technologies. Our precise loss-in- weight feeders feed vitamins into cereals at rates below 1 pound/hour, while our weigh belt feeders feed coal at 2,000 tons/hour and our rugged conveyor belt scales weigh ore at over 10,000 tons/hour. Thayer Scale Today Our strong heritage, along with our commitment to customer service, guides our current operations and future strategy. Today, we only produce continuous weighing and feeding equipment that can provide sustained accuracy levels well within 1 percent, without the need for frequent calibration and other "fine tuning" adjustments. This self-imposed performance SINCE 1949 Years limit means we often make calculated choices not to pursue new—and often tempting—business opportunities that could distract us from our company's core focus. Looking Ahead The research and development efforts of Thayer Scale's engineers are propelling our company forward. Innovation is ongoing as we (1) continuously refine and enhance our equipment to improve accuracy and reliability, (2) integrate into today's communications and plant control systems, and (3) work seamlessly with IIoT and other evolving standards. Our stable, service-oriented, highly experienced team remains our greatest asset. We look forward to seventy more years of helping customers produce complex mixtures and compounds. Equipment That's Built to Survive We pride ourselves on producing equipment that operates consistently for decades in harsh and rugged environments with minimal human oversight and intervention. Through continuous product improvement and upgrade kits we ensure that our equipment—in some cases installed more than fifty years ago in harsh operating environments—still operates reliably today. BUILT TO SURVIVE 7 8 1 - 8 2 6 - 8 1 0 1 • s a l e s @ t h a y e r s c a l e . c o m • w w w . t h a y e r s c a l e . c o m EARLY YEARS ®