TAYLOR PRECISION PRODUCTS - Key Persons

Hanssen Scale was eventually sold in the 1960's, but the family didn't rest for too long. The Hanssen's then began Metro Corporation, mainly as an original equipment manufacturing base - they didn't market scales under the Metro name until 1985. Metro then became a key US brand in the bath scale market, focusing on accurate and dependable mechanical (analog) scales. The late 1990's became a key time for both companies. First, in 1996, Taylor Environmental Instruments was sold to Lawrence Zalulsky & Associates, run by the key personnel that had run Health o meter Scales. In 1997, they purchased Metro Scale Corporation. Using the strong Taylor brand, Taylor was then used to brand bathroom scales. And, within only 3 years, Taylor became the number 1 brand in the consumer bath scale market.