Developing innovative analytical science solutions to support customer discoveries, operations, performance, and regulatory compliance.

Specifically, the company designs, manufactures, sells and services ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), chromatography columns and chemistry products, mass spectrometry (MS) systems, thermal analysis and rheometry instruments.

Waters Corp. operates in two divisions: Waters Division and TA Instruments.

Waters Division creates business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations by delivering practical and sustainable scientific innovation to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

Waters Division products are used by pharmaceutical, life science, biochemical, industrial, academic and government organizations working in research and development, quality assurance and other laboratory applications. Waters UPLC, HPLC and MS instruments and consumables are used in a broad range of industries to measure the chemical, physical and biological composition of materials. Waters Division is also headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts.

TA Instruments rheometry and microcalorimetry instruments are used primarily in predicting the suitability of polymers and viscous liquids for various industrial, consumer goods and health care products. The Company is also a developer and supplier of software based products that interface with the company’s instruments as well as other instruments manufactured by other companies.

TA Instruments’ thermal analysis and rheometry instruments are used in predicting the suitability of fine chemicals and polymers for uses in various industrial, consumer goods and health care products. TA Instruments is headquartered in New Castle, Delaware.

ACQUITY UPLC Columns

The most technologically advanced LC columns ever created. Designed, tested, and guaranteed for use in applications up to 15000 psi (1000 bar), they provide unsurpassed efficiency, ruggedness and throughput. Combine faster separations with higher resolution by harnessing the full potential of small particles.

XBridge Columns

With an order-of-magnitude improvement in high pH stability and a higher level of chromatographic performance, Ethylene Bridged Hybrid (BEH) columns define the new benchmark for LC method development with excellent stability over a wide pH range (1-12).

Atlantis Columns

The industry standard for polar compound retention for reversed-phase and HILIC separations.

SunFire Columns

With the state-of-the-art reversed-phase C18 and C8 bonding and endcapping technology, these columns provide best peak shape for basic compounds, excellent low pH stability, high efficiency, and greater mass loading capacity.

XTerra Columns

Based on the first generation of Hybrid Particle technology, these columns deliver sharp symmetrical peaks for basic compounds over a mobile phase pH range of 2-12.

Symmetry Columns

Sets the standard for reproducibility for HPLC drug assays, giving you confidence in the long term compliance of your HPLC methods.

YMC Columns

A wide choice of HPLC columns with a range of selectivity that help you succeed in developing robust separations. Supported by over 400 applications.

Other Analytical Columns
Additional products in our column portfolio include: Spherisorb, µBondapal/Bondapak, Nova-Pak, Resolve, PAH, µPorasil/Porasil, RSPak, column accessories, application-specific columns and products, and bioseparation columns.

Technologies

Waters offers many uniques technologies and innovations.

OBD Technology: Innovative manufacturing procedure combines the influences of hardware, particle characteristics and packed bed densities resulting in columns with excellent stability, superior reproducibility, high loadability and extremely high efficiencies.

Particle Technology

Leading-edge particle technology powers a variety of Waters offerings.

Separation Modes

Description of separation modes of various Waters product offerings

USP L Listings

Recommended Waters HPLC columns suitable for most LC methods listed with the USP.

As an industry leader in innovative chromatography and mass spectrometry consumables, Waters invests significant research and development time to deliver state-of-the-art solutions that help organizations successfully address today’s separation challenges.

Waters position as a primary manufacturer of separations media assures our ability to consistently deliver reliability, quality products, and support second to none in the industry.