Struers Joins AMETEK
Struers has joined AMETEK, Inc., a publicly traded global provider of industrial technology solutions serving attractive niche markets, with annual sales of approximately $7.5 billion. Struers is a strong fit for AMETEK as a leader in materialographic preparation and analysis, built on strong application expertise, trusted customer relationships, and a broad portfolio of equipment, consumables, service, training, and support.
As part of the transaction, Struers becomes part of AMETEK's Materials Analysis Division and will continue to operate under the Struers name. AMETEK's resources and operating model provide additional support for long-term growth, continued innovation, and stronger service to customers over time.
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Read the official AMETEK announcement for additional details about the transaction.
ACHIEVE MAXIMUM ACCURACY WITH THE NEW VICKERS/KNOOP HARDNESS TESTER

Testing your material using the correct hardness testing method is essential to ensuring product quality and compliance with regulatory standards. You need to be confident that you’ll get accurate and fast results with every test.
With the new generation of Struers Vickers, Knoop, Brinell, and Rockwell hardness testers, you maximize the accuracy of your hardness tests. Plus, you benefit from higher throughput and reliable repeatability thanks to faster and simpler testing.

Reduce your cutting time by 50%
Precise cuts with controlled sectioning, ergonomically designed solutions, and a minimum of downtime with minimal cleaning and maintenance are just some of the keywords for our popular cutting equipment Labotom-20. A fast manual and easy-to-use cutting machine for a wide range of your cutting needs..

Same accurate preparation. Every time.
Automation can be your answer to obtaining 100% identical prepared samples with our new end-to-end grinding/polishing equipment Xmatic. Easy to use, automatic detection of consumables and high user-friendliness will make Xmatic your new best friend in the lab freeing up time that you can use on analyzing.

Best-in-class hardness tester
“Our new DuraVista-40 gives us increased capability and capacity and the most advanced hardness testing in the market”, MechTest explains. With our popular hardness tester DuraVista-40, you get extremely short turn-around times with full automation tests and still best-in-class, accurate, and repeatable analysis.

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A full range for all needs
You can find the right equipment for every conceivable materialographic preparation need to make sure you achieve the quality, productivity, and cost efficiency you are looking for.
- Cutting equipment
- Mounting equipment
- Grinding and polishing equipment
- Hardness testers
- Image analysis equipment
- Customized equipment

How to
You can make sure that you and your staff have the right knowledge at the right level for your operation by making use of Struers’ unique materialography knowledge base.
- Cutting guides
- Mounting guides
- Grinding and polishing guides
- Electrolytic preparation guides
- Hardness testing guides
- Etching guides