AMETEK acquires Land Instruments 

AMETEK公司收购Land Instruments公司

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

本次收购进一步扩张AMETEK的高终端分析仪器平台

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.

宾州Paoli市6月23日消息——AMETEK公司今天宣布其收购了Land国际仪器有限公司(Land Instruments)，一家高终端分析仪器全球供应商。Land Instruments总部位于英国Dronfield市，年销售额大约是2200万英镑（4100万美元）。该公司是从由3i plc领导的一个投资组织收购的。

"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总裁兼首席执行官Frank S. Hermance表示：“Land Instruments公司是对我们的高终端过程和分析仪器业务的一个很好补充。它在红外线温度测量、燃烧效率和排放监测仪器方面提供了广泛的产品范围。通过此次收购，我们公司的高终端分析仪器业务现在的年销售总额接近5亿美元。”

"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继续道：“Land Instruments公司针对工业应用提供了一个全范围的在线光学温度测量仪器，包括现场温度计、行扫描仪和热成像仪。这些仪器测量温度可达3000摄氏度，并广泛应用于金属、玻璃以及矿山过程处理行业中。Land Instruments在高温监测和控制系统方面的加入扩展了AMETEK的在线过程监测能力，并使公司在线成分和湿度分析方面增加了现有的实力。”他最后说道：“此外，Land Instruments的燃烧效率和环境监测产品广泛应用于能源和过程工业，极好地补充了我们现有的热产品线。越来越高的能源价格和更严厉的环境条例是这些仪器的发展驱动力。”

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成为AMETEK电子仪器集团（EIG）的一部分，EIG是应用于过程、航空、能源和工业市场的高端监测、测试、校准和显示仪器的公认领导者，2005年全球销售额大约是8亿9百万美元。

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公司是领先的电子仪器和机电设备马达的全球制造商，年销售额大约16亿美元。

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