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August 17, 2022

Check out the innovation we’ll be featuring at IBIE 2022 – Booth 3365!

Set your bakery up for success with consistent batches and accurate lot traceability.

April 4, 2022

We’re so ready for IBIE 2022 in September – watch our Doran Booth 3365 “sneak peek” video!

We are getting it all together for #IBIE2022! Our CEO, Mark Podl, hosts this sneak peak of what you can expect to see at our booth.

February 2, 2022

BEMA Board Spotlight with Mark Podl

BEMA turned its Spotlight on Mark Podl, CEO of Doran, to learn more about his company's long-time relationship with the baking industry. Hear Mark discuss everything from the mentor who influenced him the most to the transformative power of connectivity in helping his customers achieve their goals.

January 15, 2022

TechTalk with Doran CEO, Mark Podl

Mark Podl, CEO of Doran Scales, explores how Doran’s formula controls, bulk indicators and software suites can improve production accuracy and efficiency, and set a bakery up for success.

May 28, 2021

FC6300 Series Formula Control Scale

In today’s competitive marketplace, reducing production costs is a sure path to greater profits. Doran’s Formula Control has been guiding production plants along that path with ingredient savings of at least 2.1% - even more.

April 30, 2021

Solid State Relay VS Mechanical Relay – Which One is Best?

Since the genesis of solid-state relays some decades ago, the argument about which is better, solid-state relays (SSRs) or electromechanical relays (EMRs), has raged on. The answer is neither, as each relay type has positive and negative aspects. But if you factor in specific application requirements, clear winners emerge.

April 16, 2021

Five benefits of using a Checkweigher Scale

Doran Checkweigher scales are different than basic scales, because they have a programmable tolerance and advanced features that no other manufacturer offers. The tolerance allows an operator to input a range of weight and will indicate through different colored lights whether the item weighed is within that tolerance, above, or below the target.

April 16, 2021

Q&A with Mark Podl

Mark Podl is the CEO of Doran Scales, Inc., founded in 1978, providing a complete line of connectivity solutions and scales for food service, industrial and medical.

Tariffs and trade: How current policy is impacting industrial scale pricing, production and service.

In July, the U.S. imposed tariffs on a range of imported products, including scales, steel and aluminum. The tariffs have sparked a response from China, the European Union, Canada, Mexico and other trading partners.

April 16, 2021

Two new Doran weighing systems are UL Certified Intrinsically Safe for use in hazardous locations

St. Charles, Illinois — Doran has introduced two full-featured digital weighing indicators designed for use in hazardous locations — ideal for manufacturing processes where equipment is exposed to flammable gases; flammable or combustible liquid-produced vapors; combustible dusts or ignitable fibers; or flyings.

April 16, 2021

Introducing Doran ionSuite software

Introducing Doran ionSuite software

Six powerful web-based weighing software applications. Doran has introduced ionSuite — six web-based software applications designed for Doran checkweighers and indicators. The applications are upgrades to the Doran software line with performance and connectivity improvements that drive precision formulation, real-time data collection, and efficient production.