AMETEK acquires CAMECA SAS

AMETEK acquired CAMECA SAS for €82 million (approximately $112 million), a transaction completed in August 2007, structured as Purchased from an investment group led by the Carlyle Group.

CAMECA SAS operates in Electronic Instruments Group (EIG), is based in Paris, France. AMETEK acquired CAMECA SAS, a Paris, France-based manufacturer of high-end elemental analysis systems used in advanced laboratory research, semiconductor and nanotechnology applications, from an investment group led by the Carlyle Group. CAMECA's instruments include secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), low-energy X-ray emission spectrometry, tomographic atom probe and electron probe microanalysis systems. The company had estimated annual sales of roughly EUR 60 million (about $82 million) and joined AMETEK's Electronic Instruments Group.

Adds high-end elemental analysis instrumentation for research, semiconductor and nanotechnology markets to AMETEK's analytical instruments platform.

Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.

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