Waters Corporation develops analytical instruments, chromatography and mass spectrometry systems, thermal analysis technology and laboratory software for pharmaceutical, clinical and life science laboratories.
Waters Corporation makes analytical instruments, separations technologies and software used to measure and characterise matter across the life, materials, food and environmental sciences. Founded in 1958 and listed on the NYSE as WAT, the company employs approximately 7,600 people and operates in more than 100 countries. Its work sits close to the medtech and pharmaceutical sectors: customers include laboratories, manufacturing sites and hospitals where precise measurement underpins product quality, patient safety and regulatory compliance.
The company's technical core is liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis. Its product range spans chromatography and mass spectrometry systems, thermal analysis instruments, chromatography columns and consumables, and the laboratory informatics and analysis software that sit alongside them. Together these cover the workflow from sample separation and detection through to data handling in regulated laboratory environments.
Waters serves the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, environmental, materials science, clinical diagnostics, life sciences and water testing industries. The company describes its mission as improving human health and safety worldwide and as accelerating the benefits of pioneering science, working alongside customers in laboratories, manufacturing facilities and hospitals.
