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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001037868-22-000048
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221013

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMETEK INC/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001037868
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL [3823]
		IRS NUMBER:				141682544
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1100 CASSATT ROAD
		CITY:			BERWYN
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19312
		BUSINESS PHONE:		610-647-2121

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1100 CASSATT ROAD
		CITY:			BERWYN
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19312

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMETEK AEROSPACE PRODUCTS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970415
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i44e8616a3cc64dbfbf08342a3c0cbdcc_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><img alt="image_0a.jpg" src="image_0a.jpg" style="height:17px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:110px"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><img alt="image_1a.jpg" src="image_1a.jpg" style="height:22px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:144px"></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">CORPORATE OFFICE</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Law Department</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1100 Cassatt Road</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Berwyn, PA 19312 U.S.A.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Telephone&#58; 610-889-5237  </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">E-mail&#58; lynn.carino&#64;ametek.com</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">October 13, 2022</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">via EDGAR Filing</font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Christopher Dunham</font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">100 F Street, N.E.</font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">RE&#58;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;AMETEK, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;)</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Filed March 14, 2022</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;File No. 001-12981</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Dear Mr. Dunham&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">We received your comment letter dated September 20, 2022 (the &#8220;Staff Letter&#8221;) regarding the Registrant&#8217;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed March 14, 2022, for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 5, 2022 (the &#8220;2022 Proxy Statement&#8221;).  The Registrant respectfully believes that its disclosures under &#8220;Corporate Governance&#11834;Board Leadership Structure&#8221; and &#8220;Corporate Governance&#11834;Risk Oversight&#8221; in the 2022 Proxy Statement are responsive to Item 407(h) of Regulation S-K. Still, in response to the Staff Letter, the Registrant hereby confirms that the Registrant will be certain to consider and, as applicable, address, the topics raised in the Staff Letter, as well as any material developments to the Company&#8217;s risk oversight structure, when drafting its future proxy disclosure.</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">We appreciate the Staff&#8217;s time and attention to this matter. If you have any questions or comments or require further information, please do not hesitate to telephone the undersigned at (610) 889-5237 or Robert S. Feit at (610) 889-5258.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Sincerely,</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47;  LYNN CARINO</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Lynn Carino</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Corporate Counsel, AMETEK, Inc.</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:46.701%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div><font><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div></body></html>
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