Frankfurt/Main – the listed American AMETEK, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of electronic measuring instruments and electromechanical devices, has acquired all shares in Motec GmbH, a leading provider of integrated vision systems serving the high growth mobile machine vision market. Details of the transaction value have not been disclosed.

A CMS team led by partner, Dr Heike Wagner, provided AMETEK with cross-border legal advice on all aspects relevant to the transaction including the acquisition of Motec subsidiaries in Denmark, France and Hong Kong. CMS has been mandated on a number of occasions by AMETEK, including the acquisition of the measurement technology company, Luphos GmbH, in Hessen.

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices and listed on the S&P 500 Index at the New York Stock Exchange. With annualized sales of more than USD 4.8 billion the company employs roughly 17,000 employees around the world at more than a 150 locations in 30 countries.

The owner-run Motec GmbH with its registered office in Hadamar-Steinbach, Hessen, provides customers with improved operational efficiency and enhanced safety across a variety of critical mobile machine applications in transportation, agriculture, logistics and construction for more than 25 years. The company joins AMETEK as part of its Electronic Instruments Group (EIG), a leader in advanced analytical, monitoring, testing, calibrating and display instruments with annualized sales of USD 2.9 billion.

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