Company Facts

Bettcher Industries is recognized throughout the world as a leading manufacturer and supplier of food processing equipment.  We’ve introduced successive designs of handheld cutting and trimming tools that are used in thousands of meat, poultry and seafood processing plants. We also manufacture products used in the foodservice, industrial and medical sectors.

Key company facts:

• Founded in 1944
• Headquartered in Birmingham, Ohio
• An employee-owned company with 300 employee-owners
• Nearly 100,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing and office space
• ISO 9001:2015 certified 
• Industries served: 
  • Protein processing (pork, beef, poultry, seafood)
  • Foodservice
  • Medical instrumentation (Exsurco Medical)
  • Industrial
• Nearly 100 active patents
• Serving over 20,000 customers (domestic and international)
• Global operations:
  • Divisions:  Bettcher Group; Cantrell-Gainco Group; Exsurco Medical; Frontmatec
  • Direct offices in USA:  Birmingham, OH; Gainesville, GA
  • Direct office in Europe:  Bettcher GmbH (Lucerne, Switzerland)
  • Direct office in South America:  Bettcher do Brasil (São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Direct office in China:  Bettcher China (Beijing, China)
• Product distribution in more than 70 countries through approved partners