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        Ensuring Global Food & Pharmaceuticals Safety                                                                                                                                                Safeguarding the Environment


        AMETEK’s high-end instrumentation solutions support sustainability.                                                                                   AMETEK offers a wide range of solutions that support compliance and monitoring
        Specifically, the following businesses offer products that protect our food supply, reduce waste                                                  in environmental, health, and safety applications. These featured solutions cover emissions
        and promote reliable pharmaceutical production.                                                                                                                      monitoring, oil and gas pipeline security and the safety of our water supply  .






                Preserving Food and                Measuring Critical Moisture              Detecting Contaminants                  Reducing Fuel Consumption                Preventing Hazardous                 Detecting Trace Elements in
                  Reducing Waste                       Levels in Medication                    in the Food Supply                     and Harmful Emissions                    Leaks in Pipelines                   Water and Wastewater
























        Water vapor, oxygen and carbon dioxide   In order for medications to be reliably   Protecting the global food supply is one   AMETEK Process Instruments designs    In order to ensure the safe transfer of oil   Ensuring safe drinking water and the proper
        have the potential to penetrate fresh food   effective, accurate moisture measurement   of the greatest concerns for government   and manufactures monitoring equipment   and gas around the world and to prevent   treatment of wastewater is critical to the
        packaging and reduce shelf life, which   and control are critical to maximize   agencies around the world. Increased   and instrumentation that help our      environmentally harmful leaks, energy   well-being of our population. Detecting trace
        causes increased and unnecessary waste.   shelf life, optimize dissolve time and ensure   investments are being made to promote the   customers control and reduce emissions   companies and utilities undergo routine   elements plays an increasingly important
        Our MOCON permeation instruments       active ingredient effectiveness. Too much   detection of pollutants to prevent tainted   which are detrimental to the environment.   pipeline inspections for imperfections.   role in supporting these efforts. SPECTRO’s
        help customers design better packaging by   moisture can cause premature breakdown,   foods from being distributed to the public.   For example, the WDG-V Combustion   Creaform’s Pipecheck™ solution enables   inductively coupled plasma optical emission
        measuring the transmission rate of gases   reducing effectiveness and shelf life. Too   As an example, officials in China are   Analyzer provides real-time information that   non-destructive testing via 3D scanning   spectrometers are widely used for analyzing
        through various barrier materials. Packaging   little moisture can prevent medications from   utilizing highly specialized instrumentation   enables operators of industrial facilities,   technology to deliver reliable results when   water and wastewater. With their multi-
        scientists are also using MOCON to     dissolving at the appropriate rate, impacting   to detect cadmium, a known carcinogen,   such as refineries, power stations and   inspecting pipe integrity. Creaform’s market-  element determination capabilities, high
        design and test next-generation packaging   proper performance. Pharmaceutical   in their rice supply. Amptek’s Silicon Drift   petrochemical plants, to make faster, more   leading instruments provide 3D images    linear dynamic range and sensitivity,
        that is compostable, recyclable, made   manufacturers utilize Arizona Instrument’s   Detectors are critical components in the   informed decisions. With this information,   of the pipe’s surface to calculate the amount   SPECTRO’s solutions are leading the way
        from recycled polymer, and/or is thinner,   Computrac  line of moisture analyzers   X-ray fluorescence spectrometers frequently   operators can optimize their combustion   of material lost through corrosion — all    in helping cities and utilities keep their
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        which reduces weight and improves      to ensure medications meet all FDA     used by government regulators to test foods   processes to lower fuel consumption and   while leaving the pipeline fully intact. This   consumers and the environment safe from
        transportation efficiency.             requirements and are consistently safe and   at Chinese ports. The Amptek-enabled   reduce emission output. Additionally, the   non-destructive method also promotes    pollutants in our water supply.
                                               effective for consumer use.            devices utilize digital pulses to efficiently   Continuous Emission Monitor offers precise   a safer environment for engineers to make
                                                                                      evaluate large amounts of rice for possible   measurement of harmful gases such as sulfur   appropriate decisions before removing or
                                                                                      traces of cadmium and are critical to    dioxide and nitrogen oxide to ensure proper   replacing damaged sections.
                                                                                      ensuring the safe supply of one of the    environmental compliance.
                                                                                      world’s most popular foods.
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