2 minute read - 14th November 2024
Waters Corporation opens new manufacturing facility in Longbridge
Waters Corporation has opened its new 45,000 sq ft manufacturing facility at Longbridge Business Park in Birmingham. The new facility more than triples existing operations and enhances the company’s machining capacity to make critical components for products developed and manufactured at Waters Mass Spectrometry Center of Excellence in Wilmslow and Wexford in Ireland.
The new Waters facility at Longbridge represents a significant investment in the region, underscoring the company’s commitment to maintaining and growing its local manufacturing capabilities and capacity.
Products manufactured at the new site in Longbridge are essential components used in Waters mass spectrometry systems—scientific instruments used by tens of thousands of chemists and analytical scientists worldwide to support the life, food, environmental, and materials sciences.
Waters Corporation has opened a new manufacturing facility in Longbridge, Birmingham. Waters manufactures mass spectrometry systems—scientific instruments used by tens of thousands of chemists and analytical scientists / Picture: Waters Corporation
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Chris Ross, senior vice president of global operations at Waters, said: “The opening of our Longbridge facility is an important next step for Waters, and our employees, with a modern, fit-for-purpose space to support their innovative and important work. This state-of-the-art precision engineering centre expands our manufacturing footprint in the region and also provides a highly desirable working environment to support future growth and the potential for additional skilled jobs.”
The building was developed by St. Modwen, with internal fit-out completed by Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services. With a commitment to sustainability, key building features include heating and hot water systems designed to consume zero natural gas and a temperature-controlled production environment allowing manufacturing to sub-micron accuracy.
