News summary:
- Newly built 45,000 sq ft facility houses engineering and
skilled manufacturing employees at Longbridge Business Park, a
specialized hub for science and technology.
- Waters triples manufacturing footprint while increasing
precision machining and metrology capacity to support future
growth.
- New facility was constructed to BREEAM Very Good standard and
achieved the highest Energy Performance Certificate rating.
LONGBRIDGE, England, Nov. 13,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waters Corporation
(NYSE:WAT) announced the official opening of its new 45,000 square
foot manufacturing facility at the Longbridge Business Park in the
West Midlands. The new facility
more than triples existing operations and enhances the company's
machining capacity to produce critical components for products
developed and manufactured at Waters Mass Spectrometry Center of
Excellence in Wilmslow, UK and in Wexford, Ireland.
The new Waters facility at Longbridge represents a significant
investment in the region, underscoring the company's commitment to
maintaining and growing its local manufacturing capabilities and
capacity.
"The opening of our Longbridge facility is an important next
step for Waters and our employees with a modern, fit-for-purpose
space to support their innovative and important work," said
Chris Ross, Senior Vice President of
Global Operations at Waters. "This state-of-the-art precision
engineering center expands our manufacturing footprint in the
region and also provides a highly desirable working environment to
support future growth and the potential for additional skilled
jobs."
"The UK Government is delighted that Waters Corporation is
opening a new site at Longbridge. This investment brings new jobs
and innovative new technology in precision engineering into the
West Midlands – an area that has
long welcomed industrial innovation," said David Clay, British Consul General to New
England. "The fact that a leading company like Waters has chosen
the UK for this investment is also a great endorsement of the UK
talent available in this sector, and we look forward to seeing the
new facility have a long-term positive effect in the West Midlands
Region."
Products manufactured at the new site in Longbridge are
essential components used in Waters mass spectrometry systems –
scientific instruments used by tens of thousands of chemists and
analytical scientists worldwide in support of the life, food,
environmental, and materials sciences.
The Longbridge facility is a testament to Waters dedication to
sustainability. The building, developed by St. Modwen with internal
fit-out completed by Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services,
was constructed to BREEAM Very Good standard and achieved an Energy
Performance Certificate rating of "A." Key building features
include the heating and hot water systems designed to consume zero
natural gas and the temperature-controlled production environment
allows manufacturing to sub-micron accuracy.
About Waters Corporation (www.waters.com)
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT), a global leader in
analytical instruments and software, has pioneered chromatography,
mass spectrometry, and thermal analysis innovations serving the
life, materials, food, and environmental sciences for more than 65
years. With approximately 7,500 employees worldwide, Waters
operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing
facilities, and with products available in more than 100
countries.
Waters is a trademark of Waters Technologies
Corporation.
CONTACT:
Janice Foley
Senior Manager, Corporate Communications
Waters Corporation
janice_foley@waters.com
+1-617-823-5555
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