AMETEK (AMETEK, Inc.) is a diversified American electronic instruments and electromechanical company founded in 1930, supplying battery cyclers and potentiostats through acquired brands including Princeton Applied Research and Solartron Analytical.
1. Company Overview
- Company name: AMETEK, Inc., NYSE ticker AME
- Founded: 1930
- Headquarters: Berwyn, Pennsylvania, USA
- Business segments: Electronic Instruments and Electromechanical
- Battery-related brands: AMETEK Scientific Instruments (Princeton Applied Research, Solartron Analytical, Signal Recovery), AMETEK Programmable Power
2. History and Personnel
Founded in 1930, the company has grown into a diversified manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical products. In the battery field, it has strategically acquired leading electrochemical instrumentation brands — Princeton Applied Research, Solartron Analytical, and Signal Recovery — integrating them under “AMETEK Scientific Instruments.” In June 2023 the company launched the SI-6200, a new battery cycler for early-stage battery materials, coin cells, supercapacitors, and micro fuel cells.
The company addresses the battery cycler market through its two brands, AMETEK Scientific Instruments and AMETEK Programmable Power, and describes itself as combining more than a century of technology leadership across its three core brands.
3. Core Technology and Key Equipment
Through its three brands — Princeton Applied Research, Solartron Analytical, and Signal Recovery — the company covers the full range of electrochemical instrumentation, including potentiostats, impedance analyzers, and battery cyclers. AMETEK Programmable Power supplies the regenerative Mi-BEAM and i-BEAM series of cyclers.
- SI-6200 battery cycler (launched 2023) — for materials, coin cells, supercapacitors, and micro fuel cells
- Mi-BEAM and i-BEAM series — regenerative high-performance battery cyclers (for EV testing)
- Potentiostats and galvanostats (Princeton Applied Research, Solartron Analytical)
- Frequency response analyzers (FRA)
4. Production Infrastructure and Quality Assurance
The company operates a global production and R&D network across its two business segments — Electronic Instruments and Electromechanical — centered on its headquarters in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. Detailed factory floor area for its battery-related business is (undisclosed).
5. Delivery Track Record and Partnerships
The company states it supplies instrumentation to customers across applications including energy storage systems, physical electrochemistry, corrosion science, biomedical devices, and solid-state materials. AMETEK SI states it deploys its own trained field engineers to support installation, commissioning, and acceptance.
6. Financial Status and Roadmap
As a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (AME), its financial statements are publicly disclosed. Individual revenue and profit figures for its battery cycler business are not arbitrarily presented in this profile.
In response to expanding EV and energy-storage applications, the company is expanding both its regenerative high-performance cycler lineup (Mi-BEAM, i-BEAM) and its compact cycler for early-stage R&D (SI-6200) in parallel.
This profile was compiled from publicly available sources including Physics World, MarketsandMarkets, and the AMETEK Programmable Power website (programmablepower.com); unverified figures and non-public information have not been arbitrarily included.