AMETEK announces two acquisitions

BERWYN, PA — AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced that it has completed two acquisitions:

AMPTEK, Inc., a privately held provider of x-ray detectors used to identify the composition of materials using x-ray fluorescence (XRF) within the metal, environmental monitoring, petrochemical, semiconductor and research markets.

Headquartered in Bedford, MA, Amptek provides instrumentation and detectors used in non-destructive materials analysis applications. The privately held manufacturer has annual sales of approximately $30 million.

Amptek joins AMETEK as unit of its Materials Analysis Division within AMETEK’s Electronic Instruments Group (EIG) — a recognized leader in advanced monitoring, testing, calibrating, and display instruments with 2013 sales of $2.0 billion.

Luphos GmbH, a highly strategic technology acquisition which provides key non-contact metrology technology used in the measurement of complex aspherical lenses and optical surfaces.

Luphos GmbH has leading technology utilizing multi-wavelength laser interferometry (MWLI). Their non-contact metrology technology provides highly accurate, nanometer level measurements of complex lenses and optical surfaces.

Luphos joins AMETEK as a unit of its Ultra Precision Technology Division within AMETEK’s Electronic Instruments Group (EIG).

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