Ametek Acquires Newage Testing Instruments

Electronic instruments manufacturer expands with acquisition of hardness testing equipment technology used in aerospace, oil exploration and defense industries.

PAOLI, Pa.— Ametek Inc. today announced that it has acquired Newage Testing Instruments, a privately held manufacturer of hardness testing equipment used in a broad range of industries, including aerospace, oil exploration and defense.

Newage becomes part of Ametek Measurement & Calibration Technologies (M&CT), a division of Ametek’s Electronic Instruments Group (EIG) that makes advanced instruments for process, aerospace, power and industrial markets. EIG had 2007 sales of approximately $1.2 billion.
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