OHAUS Corporation, a leading manufacturer and marketer of high quality balances and scales, is set to showcase its portfolio of quality driven weighing and laboratory equipment at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) 2015 Annual Meeting and Food Expo, Booth# 210 at McCormick Place South, Chicago from July 11-14.

For over a century, the OHAUS brand name has been synonymous with accurate measurement in laboratories across the globe. Now in North America, the robust OHAUS portfolio of weighing instruments is expanding to include water quality measurement. This year at IFT, OHAUS will feature its new Starter Series of Bench, Portable and Pen Water Analysis Meters. Taking a similar approach to its weighing equipment, OHAUS has delivered a range of Water Analysis Meters and Starter Electrodes that include practical design features while maintaining the same quality, reliability and affordability that OHAUS products are well known for. These meters are ideal for the testing of pH, Conductivity (EC), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Oxidation-Reduction Potential (ORP), Salinity and Total Dissolved Solids (TDS).

In addition, OHAUS will also feature products from their weighing portfolio including the Explorer and Adventurer line of high performance laboratory balances, MB Series of durable moisture balances and the Valor Series of dedicated food scales, at IFT 2015.

The OHAUS Explorer and Adventurer laboratory balances include an array of practical features for today's food technologists. Features include large touchscreen displays that make viewing weighing results an easy task and intuitive SmarText 2.0 software that allows uncomplicated balance set up and menu navigation. Also available are real time GLP/GMP data input and output capabilities to meet compliance requirements and high weighing capacities for a variety of research laboratory needs.

The MB Series of moistures balances provide dedicated capabilities to QC/QA departments within any facilities. The MB Series is designed with features such as the ability to display multiple drying results, real time drying curve on a backlit dot matrix display screen, and user selectable drying methods to meet internal operating procedures and parameters.  

The Valor Series compact food scales are built to withstand the daily usage of food processing and production facilities. The Valor Series includes optional stainless steel washdown housing for easy cleaning and usage in harsh environments, large dual LCD display with less than 1 second stabilization time for increased efficiency, durable knife proof keypad, and rechargeable  battery for flexibility to be used throughout the facility.