Waters Corp.

Milford-based Waters Corp. is investing in an Irish research facility that's developing a test to predict premature births in expectant mothers.

A majority of public companies based in Central Massachusetts have been stockpiling cash over the past three years, as improved economic fortunes have not triggered more spending.

Milford-based Waters Corp. beat both last year's performance and analysts' estimates for revenue and earnings-per-share growth.

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Milford-based Waters Corp. reported a slight decline in profits Tuesday and missed analysts' estimates for revenue and earnings-per-share growth.

Waters Corp. unveiled a device that week that the Milford-based company said would remove barriers to accessing molecular chemical data.

In the 18 years since Waters Corp. went public, other life sciences companies have expanded their product lines, made opportunistic acquisitions, merged and spun off new entities.

Milford-based Waters Corp. announced its CEO will step down and a transition plan is being put into place.

Laboratory equipment manufacturer Waters Corp. of Milford has acquired Nonlinear Dynamics, a U.K.-based maker of proteomics and metabolomics analysis software that it has been working with on a product for nearly two years, according to the two companies.

Milford-based Waters Corp. announced it will fund a new, two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.