AMETEK Opens Customer Service Office For Process Instruments In Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Apr 13, 2006, PITTSBURGH, PA - AMETEK Process Instruments has significantly expanded its service and customer support capabilities in China with the opening of a new office in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China.

AMETEK’s Chengdu office, located at No. 35 Zongfu Road, commenced operation on March 1, 2006, and joins AMETEK sales, service and customer support offices in Beijing and Shanghai.

"We’re very pleased about the opening of the Chengdu office" notes Tom Marecic, Vice President and General Manager of AMETEK Process & Analytical Instruments. "Our new office demonstrates the importance of our growing customer base in Southwest China for which we will now provide a wider range of products and services, including factory-direct support"

Chengdu is a regional hub for transportation, industry and technical research for Southwest China, which is known for its coal, energy, iron and steel industries and growing base in high-technology manufacture, electronics, metallurgy, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage production.

AMETEK Process Instruments is a leader in the design and manufacture of on-line analytical instrumentation for combustion efficiency, pollution monitoring and process control. Based upon 11 differentiated technology platforms, its instruments are used by the coal, energy, iron, steel and metallurgy industries as well as food processing, pharmaceutical production and laboratory research.

AMETEK Process Instruments is a unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices. For more information in China, contact AMETEK Shanghai (SPL), Room 408, Metro Tower, No. 30 Tian Yao Qiao Road, Shanghai 200030, Tel: 86-21-6426-8111, Fax: 86-21-6426-7054. AMETEK Beijing, CITIC Building, Room 2305,19, Jianguomenwai Dajie Beijing 100004, P.R. China, Tel: 86-10-8526-2111, Fax: 86-10-8526-2141.

For Asian sales and service outside of China, contact AMETEK Singapore Pte. Ltd. 10 Ang Mo Kio Street 65, #05-12 Techpoint 569059 Singapore, Tel: 65-6484-2388 Fax: 65-6481-6588.

In the United States, contact AMETEK Process Instruments, 150 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15238. Tel: 412-828-9040. Fax: 412-826-0399.

Other AMETEK Process Instruments locations are 455 Corporate Blvd., Newark, Delaware, 19702 USA. Tel: 800-222-6789. Fax: 302-456-4444; 2876 Sunridge Way NE, Calgary, AB T1Y 7H9. Tel: 403-235-8400 Fax: 403-248-3550; and 9750 Whithorn Dr., Houston, TX 77095. Tel: 281-463-2820. Fax: 281-463-2701. E-mail:sales.info@ametek.com. Web site: www.ametekpi.com

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AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with annualized sales of more than $1.6 billion. The Company has approximately 10,000 employees at over 60 plants and 60 sales and service operations in the United States and more than 30 other countries.

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