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Acquisition of French high-end instrumentation company announced
METEK, Inc. has announced that it has acquired CAMECA.
METEK, Inc. has announced that it has acquired CAMECA."CAMECA significantly broadens our technical capabilities in differentiated, high-end analytical instrumentation. Its global customer base includes many semiconductor manufacturers and academic, government, and industrial research facilities engaged in nano-science and other materials science research," states Frank S. Hermance, AMETEK Chairman and Chief Executive Officer."CAMECA holds a good position in each of its markets. Their products include secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), low-energy X-ray emission spectrometry (LEXES), tomographic atom probe (TAP), and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) instrumentation," adds Mr. Hermance."CAMECA complements the products and technology offered by our SPECTRO and EDAX businesses. Those businesses provide a wide range of technology, including optical emission and X-ray fluorescence spectrometers for microanalysis measurement solutions for the metals, environmental, R&D, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, electronics and forensic science markets," he notes.
