Report: Ametek near $1.5 billion deal to acquire Huntsville’s Abaco Bloomberg is reporting that Ametek Inc. is in “advanced talks” to buy Huntsville’s Abaco Systems Inc. for up to $1.5 billion. Veritas has owned Abaco, which works in aviation systems, information processing and network communications, since 2015. Ametek, based in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, manufactures electronic instruments…