AMETEK acquires Land Instruments 

AMETEK公司收購Land Instruments公司

Acquisition further expands AMETEK's high-end analytical instrument platform

本次收購進一步擴張AMETEK的高終端分析儀器平臺

Paoli, Pa., June 23, 2006 - AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced it has acquired Land Instruments International Limited ("Land Instruments"), a global supplier of high-end analytical instrumentation. With its headquarters in Dronfield, United Kingdom, Land Instruments has annual sales of approximately £22 million ($41 million). It was acquired from an investor group led by 3i plc.

賓州Paoli市6月23日消息——AMETEK公司今天宣布其收購了Land國際儀器有限公司(Land Instruments)，一家高終端分析儀器全球供應商。Land Instruments總部位于英國Dronfield市，年銷售額大約是2200萬英鎊（4100萬美元）。該公司是從由3i plc領導的一個投資組織收購的。

"Land Instruments is an excellent addition to our high-end process and analytical instruments business. It offers an extensive range of infrared temperature measurement, combustion efficiency and emissions monitoring instruments. With this acquisition, our high-end analytical instruments business now totals nearly $500 million in annualized sales," noted Frank S. Hermance, AMETEK Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

AMETEK總裁兼首席執行官Frank S. Hermance表示：“Land Instruments公司是對我們的高終端過程和分析儀器業務的一個很好補充。它在紅外線溫度測量、燃燒效率和排放監測儀器方面提供了廣泛的產品范圍。通過此次收購，我們公司的高終端分析儀器業務現在的年銷售總額接近5億美元。”

"Land Instruments offers a full range of on-line optical temperature measurement instrumentation for industrial applications, including spot thermometers, line scanners and thermal imagers. These instruments, which measure temperatures up to 3000 degrees Celsius, are widely used by the metal, glass and mineral processing industries. The addition of Land Instruments' high temperature monitoring and control systems expands AMETEK's on-line process monitoring capabilities, adding to our existing strengths in on-line composition and moisture analysis," continued Mr. Hermance. "In addition, Land Instruments' combustion efficiency and environmental monitoring products, widely used in the power and process industries, nicely complement our existing Thermox product line. Higher energy prices and ever more stringent environmental regulations are growth drivers for these instruments," he concluded.

Frank S. Hermance繼續道：“Land Instruments公司針對工業應用提供了一個全范圍的在線光學溫度測量儀器，包括現場溫度計、行掃描儀和熱成像儀。這些儀器測量溫度可達3000攝氏度，并廣泛應用于金屬、玻璃以及礦山過程處理行業中。Land Instruments在高溫監測和控制系統方面的加入擴展了AMETEK的在線過程監測能力，并使公司在線成分和濕度分析方面增加了現有的實力。”他最后說道：“此外，Land Instruments的燃燒效率和環境監測產品廣泛應用于能源和過程工業，極好地補充了我們現有的熱產品線。越來越高的能源價格和更嚴厲的環境條例是這些儀器的發展驅動力。”

Land Instruments joins AMETEK as part of its Electronic Instruments Group (EIG) - a recognized leader in advanced monitoring, testing, calibrating, and display instruments for the process, aerospace, power, and industrial markets with worldwide sales in 2005 of approximately $809 million.

Land Instruments成為AMETEK電子儀器集團（EIG）的一部分，EIG是應用于過程、航空、能源和工業市場的高端監測、測試、校準和顯示儀器的公認領導者，2005年全球銷售額大約是8億9百萬美元。

AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices motors with annualized sales of approximately $1.6 billion. 

AMETEK公司是領先的電子儀器和機電設備馬達的全球制造商，年銷售額大約16億美元。

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