What AMETEK MOCON does

AMETEK MOCON is the precision gas permeation and package testing instrument division of AMETEK (NYSE: AME), headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and operating across the MOCON, Dansensor, BASELINE, and Alphasense brand families. Founded in 1966 (originally as MOCON Associates) and employing 251–500 people, the company designs and manufactures instruments that measure oxygen transmission rate (OTR), water vapor transmission rate (WVTR), and carbon dioxide transmission rate (CO2TR) through films and finished packages, along with headspace gas analyzers, package leak detectors, gas mixers, process gas chromatographs, continuous hydrocarbon analyzers, and OEM photoionization sensors. Core technology rests on patented sensor platforms — COULOX (Coulometric OTR sensor), AQUATRACE (Coulometric P2O5 WVTR sensor), Modulated Infrared (ASTM F1249), and TruSeal perimeter sealing — several of which are the basis for international ASTM and ISO test methods pioneered by the company.

The business serves six primary verticals: food and beverage packaging (barrier testing for shelf life and modified atmosphere packaging), healthcare and pharmaceutical (sterile barrier validation for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance), electronics and semiconductor (ultra-high barrier testing for OLED and flexible electronics), nonwovens and hygiene, oil and gas (process gas chromatography and hydrocarbon analysis), and solar energy (moisture barrier durability testing). Revenue is generated primarily through capital-equipment hardware sales of instruments priced via custom enterprise quotes, supplemented by AMECare service contracts (preventive maintenance, IQ/OQ validation, remote startup), lab testing services, and a recurring spare parts and consumables stream tied to the installed base of thousands of instruments globally, including more than 1,000 permeation units in Japan alone.

Go-to-market is enterprise field sales executed through a global AMETEK MOCON Sales and Service Network with regional coverage, supported by industry trade shows (PACK EXPO, Interpack, SENSOR+TEST), technical webinars, an extensive resource library, an e-learning portal (Academy Packaging Integrity), and localized websites in Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish; a Buy Online channel handles select products and consumables. The company does not disclose pricing publicly and operates as a wholly-owned business unit of diversified industrial conglomerate AMETEK, alongside other AMETEK operating divisions.

Name

AMETEK MOCON

Legal name

AMETEK MOCON

Website

https://ametekmocon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1966

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

AMETEK MOCON is the precision gas permeation and package testing instrument division of AMETEK, manufacturing OTR, WVTR, CO2TR, headspace, and leak detection instruments for food packaging, pharmaceutical, electronics, and industrial gas customers globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Permeation Analyzers: Sale of precision instruments for measuring oxygen transmission rate (OTR), water vapor transmission rate (WVTR), and CO2 transmission rate (CO2TR) through films and packages. Products include OX-TRAN, AQUATRAN, and PERMATRAN series analyzers.
2. Gas Chromatography Equipment: Process gas chromatography instruments including BASELINE 9000 series for continuous hydrocarbon analysis and specialty gas measurement applications.
3. Headspace Gas Analyzers: Dansensor brand headspace analyzers including CheckMate 4 and CheckPoint 4 for modified atmosphere packaging quality control.
4. AMECare Service Contracts: Preventive maintenance plans, IQ/OQ documentation and validation services, remote startup assistance and training for permeation instruments.
5. Lab Testing Services: Transmission rate and packaging testing services through company laboratories for customers requiring external testing capabilities.
6. Spare Parts & Consumables: Replacement parts, certified reference films, test cartridges, and consumables for the installed base of instruments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

AMETEK MOCON manufactures precision gas permeation, package testing, and specialty gas measurement instruments. Its portfolio includes oxygen, water vapor, and carbon dioxide transmission rate (OTR/WVTR/CO2TR) analyzers, headspace gas analyzers, leak detectors, gas chromatographs, hydrocarbon analyzers, and OEM PID sensors. Products are sold under the MOCON, Dansensor, BASELINE, and Alphasense brands for quality control, R&D, and production-line monitoring applications.

Product overview

AMETEK MOCON is a comprehensive provider of precision gas permeation, package testing, and specialty gas measurement instruments organized under four main sub-brands: MOCON (core permeation analyzers), Dansensor (MAP gas analyzers and leak detection), BASELINE (process analyzers and PID sensors), and Alphasense (OEM sensors). The MOCON brand offers OTR permeation analyzers (OX-TRAN 2/12, 2/22, 2/28, 2/40, 2/48 series), WVTR permeation analyzers (AQUATRAN 3, 3/34, 3/38, 3/40, PERMATRAN-W 101K), and CO2TR analyzers (PERMATRAN-C 4/30). The Dansensor brand provides MAP gas analyzers (MAP Check 3, ISM-3), gas mixers (MAP Mix Provectus, MAP Mix Focus, MAP Mix 9001+), headspace analyzers (CheckMate 4, CheckPoint 4), and leak detectors (LeakMatic II, LeakPointer 3/3+, LeakPointer H2O, Lippke 5000, Lippke VC1400, MultiCheck 2). BASELINE offers gas chromatographs (9100 series), continuous hydrocarbon analyzers (9000 series), and OEM photoionization sensors (piD-TECH). Supporting services include PermWare and PERM-NET Lite software, laboratory testing services, AMECare service programs, advanced training courses, and the Academy Packaging Integrity e-learning portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MOCON: Core brand for permeation analyzers, OTR and WVTR testing instruments
• Dansensor
• Baseline

Products and services

• Dansensor CheckMate 4 SV A benchtop headspace gas analyzer used by food and pharmaceutical packaging operations to verify oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations inside sealed packages.
• Dansensor CheckMate 3

Quantifiable outcome

• Detection levels down to 0.000025 g/(pkg x day) for WVTR package testing
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• MKS Instruments: Provider of instruments, subsystems, and process control solutions for gas analysis and semiconductor/industrial markets, with overlapping capabilities in process gas monitoring and OEM photoionization sensors similar to MOCON's piD-TECH and Baseline lines.
• Bruker Corporation: Broad-line scientific instrument maker with analytical and process measurement products that intersect with MOCON's gas chromatography and permeation analyzer offerings in industrial and research markets.
• Shimadzu Corporation: Japanese analytical and industrial instrument manufacturer with gas chromatography and material testing products that overlap with MOCON's Baseline process GC and packaging permeation portfolio, especially in Asia-Pacific.
• Illinois Tool Works: Diversified industrial conglomerate that owns/histically owned permeation and leak detection instrument businesses (e.g., Illinois Instruments), positioning it as a broad incumbent comparable to AMETEK's holding of the MOCON brand.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Diversified analytical instrument incumbent whose gas chromatography and laboratory analytical products overlap with MOCON's Baseline 9000 GC and permeation analyzers, though permeation is not a focus area for Thermo Fisher.
• Agilent Technologies: Major analytical instrument and chromatography vendor with gas chromatography systems that compete with MOCON's Baseline 9100 series for process gas analysis in oil & gas and semiconductor applications.

Direct peers

• Labthink Instruments: China-based manufacturer of permeation, headspace, and package leak testing instruments competing head-to-head with MOCON's OX-TRAN, AQUATRAN, and Dansensor lines, particularly in cost-sensitive emerging market packaging labs.
• Systech Illinois: Direct competitor in oxygen and water vapor permeation testing instruments for packaging, offering OX-Tran and PermaTran-equivalent analyzers and headspace gas analyzers to the same food/pharma packaging QC market as AMETEK MOCON.

Emerging players

• Picarro: Specialty gas analyzer company focused on trace gas and isotope measurement using CRDS technology; competes in adjacent environmental and process gas monitoring niches where MOCON's Baseline hydrocarbon analyzers and 9100 GC operate.

Others

• Ametek (parent context): AMETEK is the parent conglomerate and not a peer per se, but its other electronic instruments group divisions (e.g., process instruments, analytical platforms) are internal comparables that benchmark how the MOCON division competes for capital and growth inside the AMETEK portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MOCONINC
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/aMOCONcompany
• Facebookfacebook.com/ametek.mocon.inc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mocon

Compliance11 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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