AMETEK Inc. acquired Spectro Analytical Instruments from an investor group led by German Equity Partners BV for approximately US$98 million.

AMETEK Inc. acquired Spectro Analytical Instruments (Kleve, Germany; http://www.spectro.com), a global supplier of optical emission and XRF spectrometers, from an investor group led by German Equity Partners BV for approximately US$98 million. Spectro will join AMETEK as part of its Electronic Instruments Group (EIG), which specializes in advanced monitoring, testing, calibrating and display instruments for the process, aerospace, power and industrial markets. For more information on AMETEK, visit http://www.ametek.com.