Waters Corporation is an American publicly traded analytical laboratory instrument and software company headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts.

The company employs more than 7,800[2] people, with manufacturing facilities located in Milford, Taunton, Massachusetts; Wexford, Ireland and Wilmslow,[3] Cheshire.

Waters has sites in 35 countries globally, including Frankfurt, Singapore, India, Germany and Japan.

According to Leslie S. Ettre in a review about Jim Waters, the LC system was formally introduced at the 1968 Pittsburgh Conference.

Dr. Hamberger wanted to purify the positional isomers, which were needed to give him the right compound for the final stages of the synthesis.

And, in 1993, Waters returned to independence under the leadership of Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Douglas A. Berthiaume.

[7] In 2006, Waters acquired Vicam, provider of bioseparation and rapid detection products for improving food safety and quality.

[9] In January 2020, Waters acquired Andrew Alliance, an innovator company in specialty laboratory automation technology, including software and robotics.