PAOLI, PA, January 27, 2005 - In its 13th annual Readers’ Choice Awards, Control magazine ranked AMETEK Process Instruments first among all suppliers in customer service with a perfect 5.0 score for its line of process spectrometers.  These products help customers in the refining, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries improve operating efficiency and reduce costs.

AMETEK earned a fourth place overall with a 4.7 rating for its industry-leading line of trace moisture analyzers, while AMETEK Drexelbrook ranked among the top tier with a 4.3 rating for its electrical property-based level transmitters.

In addition, AMETEK Process Instruments and Drexelbrook led the way in their individual categories, and AMETEK Panalarm annunciators--a perennial Readers’ Choice favorite for more than a decade-continued to rank high among end users.

The rankings are based on a survey of Control magazine readers who are asked to rate vendors offering exceptional customer service. 

AMETEK’s top-rated process spectrometers include its Dycor® Proline Series process mass spectrometers, its Model 4000 UV to NIR configurable, split-beam spectrophotometers, and its Models 931 and 932 photometric gas analyzers.  Each offers a range of custom features, including sample handling and conditioning systems.

AMETEK’s trace moisture analyzers (Models 3050, 5830, 5910 and 5920) feature multi-gas compatibility, exceptional accuracy, fast response, on-line verification and easy-to-use operator interface.   

AMETEK Drexelbrook-- a level measurement industry pioneer with over 40 years experience-has a point-level and continuous-level product line second to none, while AMETEK Panalarm --an electric power industry leader since the early 1950s--offers the industry’s most extensive line of annunciators, graphic displays, and event monitors.

  AMETEK, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed company (NYSE: AME), is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electric motors with annual sales of more than $1.2 billion.