Waters Corp.

STEM fields have very few women, but colleges are working to change that. At WPI, this fall's freshman class was 44-percent female, up from 34 percent a year ago – WPI's previous high mark.

Milford laboratory instrument manufacturer Waters Corp. reported on Tuesday a 9-percent increase in third quarter net income.

Waters Corp., a Milford producer of scientific software and other products, had second-quarter sales of $558 million, a 4-percent growth, the company reported Tuesday.

Net income at Waters Corp. in Milford was up 12 percent over the previous year, as the company saw sales growth in most of its busiest industry sectors.

After its $67-billion purchase of Hopkinton-based EMC Corp., Texas computer firm Dell Technologies now leads the list of Central Massachusetts' largest manufacturers.

Businesses, schools reaching out to non-vocational students and displaced workers to get them interested in manufacturing careers.

The stock of Waters Corporation has recovered roughly half its loss from a 5-percent drop on Tuesday morning after the Milford scientific instrument company reported modest gains in sales for the fourth quarter of 2016 and for the entire year.

Milford medical device maker Waters Corp. has awarded a performance bonus worth up to $1.5 million to President and CEO Christopher O'Connell.

Milford's Waters Corporation's board has named Sherry Buck to the positions of senior vice president and CFO beginning Jan. 9.

Milford's Waters Corp. has announced a partnership with an international group seeking to examine the intersection of genes and environment when determining who gets diseases such as cancer and autism.