Waters Corp. of Milford broke ground Monday for a new mass spectrometry headquarters in Wilmslow, England, that the company expects to complete in 2014.
Located three miles south of Manchester Airport, the new facility is intended to unite Waters’ existing mass spectrometry operations, consisting of more than 500 employees and located across four separate sites in South Manchester and Altrincham. Plans for the new facility include state-of-the-art customer demonstration laboratories, research and development capabilities, and an expanded manufacturing capacity.
Mass spectrometry is used to identify and quantify chemical components in complex mixtures and helps safeguard food and water supplies, protect the environment, provide medical diagnoses and develop health care solutions. It’s a sensitive analytical technique that enables scientists to confidently measure components or contaminants present at levels well below a millionth of a gram.
