Waters Corporation triples operations with new precision manufacturing facility

“This state-of-the-art precision engineering centre 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.”

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Waters Corporation (Waters) has unveiled its new 45,000-square-foot manufacturing facility located at the Longbridge Business Park in the West Midlands. Hoping to more than triple its existing operations, Waters is hoping to increase its precision machining and metrology capacity. The new facility will enhance Waters’ machine capacity to help the company produce critical components. These components will then be used to develop and manufacture products at the company’s Waters Mass Spectrometry Centre of Excellence.

“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 centre 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.”

David Clay, British Consul General to New England, added, “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. 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.”

Components manufactured in Longbridge will be used in Waters’ mass spectrometry systems, which are used in life, food, environmental, and material sciences applications. Additionally, the facility demonstrates Waters' focus on sustainability with the building having heating and hot water systems designed to consume zero natural gas. The temperature-controlled production environment also allows manufacturing to sub-micron accuracy.