Exhibit 99.1

                               [Press release]


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                  METTLER TOLEDO ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF
      FRANCIS A. CONTINO TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

GREIFENSEE, Switzerland and COLUMBUS, Ohio, USA - September 10, 2004 -
Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE: MTD) announced today that Francis
A. Contino has been appointed to its Board of Directors and Audit
Committee, effective October 1, 2004.

Mr. Contino is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
McCormick and Company, Inc. He is a member of the Management Committee and
has been a member of the Board of Directors of McCormick since joining the
company in 1998. Prior to joining McCormick, Mr. Contino was the Managing
Partner of the Baltimore office of Ernst & Young. He joined Ernst & Young
following his graduation from the University of Maryland in 1968.

Robert F. Spoerry, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated,
"Fran brings to METTLER TOLEDO significant financial expertise as a sitting
CFO with over 30 years of public accounting experience. McCormick is an
important company within the food industry. Fran's insight to the industry
will be invaluable. Fran has a broad base of business knowledge and
experience. His contributions to the success of McCormick in recent years
are well known and we will benefit greatly from his business acumen. We are
delighted to welcome Fran and we look forward to his contributions to the
Board and its Audit Committee."

METTLER TOLEDO is a leading global supplier of precision instruments and
services. The Company is the world's largest manufacturer and marketer of
weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing
applications. The Company also holds top-three market positions in several
related analytical instruments and is a leading provider of automated
chemistry systems used in drug and chemical compound discovery and
development. In addition, the Company is the world's largest manufacturer
and marketer of metal detection and other end-of-line inspection systems
used in production and packaging and holds a leading position in certain
process analytics applications. Additional information about METTLER TOLEDO
can be found on the World Wide Web at "www.mt.com."

Statements in this discussion which are not historical facts may be
considered "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and
uncertainties. For a discussion of these risks and uncertainties, which
could cause actual events or results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements, see Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year. The Company assumes
no obligation to update this press release.