On March 29, 2021, AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) announced that it had acquired Crank Software Inc.

AMETEK, headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices. 

Crank Software, headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, is a leading provider of embedded graphical user interface (GUI) software and services. 

Gowling WLG advised Crank Software in this transaction with a team led by Daniel Scott and that included Shaela Rae (corporate), Carole Chouinard (tax) and Elisa Scali (employment), assisted by students-at-law Mandy Bedford and Nathan Jin Bao.