Ametek

Overview

AMETEK Process Instruments is a worldwide manufacturer of process analyzers and instrumentation. The markets we serve are ever expanding. They presently include:

• power generation
• metals refining and production
• pharmaceutical research and manufacturing
• natural gas
• refining and petrochemicals
• semiconductor chip manufacturing
• air separation and industrial gas production
• combustion control for boilers and process heaters
• glass manufacturing
• thermal oxidizer control
• pulp & paper production
• environmental and pollution monitoring
• fuel cell research
• glass manufacturing
• and many others

Our engineering and manufacturing activities take place in four North American facilities. We have ten direct sales and service offices in seven countries scattered around the globe as well as a wide network of factory trained manufacturer’s representatives, distributors, and service technicians. A Business Unit of the Process & Analytical Instruments division of AMETEK, Inc., we are part of a multinational corporation with over $1 billion (U.S.) in annual revenue.

Our History, Brands, and Technologies

Process Instruments traces its roots back to 1962 when the Model 400 Photometric Analyzer was first sold commercially as part of custom-designed solutions for the chemical and petrochemical industries. In 1967, Thermox™ pioneered the use of zirconium oxide for combustion oxygen measurement. Thermox was once again on the leading edge of combustion control in 1979 when it introduced combined oxygen and combustibles measurement in one overall combustion analyzer.

Additional milestones in our history are:

• The acquisition of Dycor’s™ mass spectrometer technology in 1986
• The introduction of the WDG Insitu oxygen analyzer in 1987
• The acquisition of Process Instruments and its moisture and UV-Vis technologies from DuPont in 1999
• The introductions of the model 880-NSL Tail Gas Analyzer and model 5900 UHP moisture analyzer in 1995
• The acquisition of Western Research’s™ UV and on-line chilled mirror technologies in 1998
• The introduction of the model 3050-OLV moisture analyzer in 1999
• The introduction of the model 5910 UHP moisture analyzer in 2001
• The introduction of the Proline™ bench-top process mass spectrometer in 2002
• The merger of the Thermox and Process Instruments business units in 2002
• The introduction of the Promaxion™ industrial process mass spectrometer in 2003
• The acquisition of Chandler Engineering’s™ Pipeline Products for natural gas quality monitoring in 2003
• The acquisition of Trace Analytical’s™ gas chromatography technology for gas purity monitoring in 2004
• The introduction of the IPS-4 spectrophotometer in 2005