Waters Corp. reported moderate earnings and sales gains, but stocks fell by 13 percent as the company reported weak sales to industrial, governmental and academic customers.
Milford's Waters Corp. has delivered sales and revenue growth that beat analysts' predictions and sent the stock leaping up nearly 10 percent in morning trading.
Milford-based Waters Corp. on Monday announced a collaboration with the Bioprocessing Technology Institute in Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research.
Westborough-based eClinicalWorks is a company near the top of its field. It's one of the top vendors of electronic health records systems for U.S. doctors' offices and a big player in the development of mobile tools that let patients track their vital signs and communicate with doctors.
Business growth in MetroWest is continuing the same measured pace in 2015 that the annual Business Climate Survey found last year, with companies expecting moderate growth in jobs and revenue throughout this year.
Waters Corp. reported a 12.4-percent rise in earnings for the second quarter, along with a 3-percent jump in sales, the Milford-based manufacturer of laboratory instruments announced Tuesday.