AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with annualized sales of $2.5 billion. The Company has over 11,000 colleagues working at more than 80 manufacturing facilities and more than 80 sales and service centers in the United States and around the world.

AMETEK consists of two operating groups:

* Electronic Instruments - a leading manufacturer of advanced monitoring, testing, calibrating, and display instruments for the process, aerospace, power and industrial markets worldwide.
* Electromechanical – a differentiated supplier of electrical interconnects, technical motors and systems, and electric motors for floor care and other specialty applications.

AMETEK's Corporate Growth Plan is founded on four key strategies: Operational Excellence, Strategic Acquisitions & Alliances, Global & Market Expansion, and New Products. Its objectives are double-digit annual percentage growth in earnings per share and a superior return on total capital.

Ametek acquires programmable power division of Xantrex

In October 2008 Ametek, Inc acquired the programmable power division of Xantrex, Inc.

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Ametek, Elgar, Sorensen, California Instruments, Programmable Power Supplies. The Programmable Products Division of Ametek (Formerly Xantrex and EEC), headquartered in San Diego, CA., is the leader in the design and manufacture of precision, programmable power supplies used in R&D, test and measurement, process control, power bus simulation and power conditioning applications across a wide variety of industrial segments..