Life science company opens 45,000 sq ft manufacturing facility
A life sciences company has opened a new 45,000 sq ft manufacturing facility at Longbridge Business Park in Birmingham.
The expansion triples Waters Corporation’s existing operations and improves its machining capacity to produce components for products developed and manufactured at Waters’ Mass Spectrometry Centers of Excellence in Wilmslow, UK and Wexford, Ireland.
The Longbridge facility will produce components for Waters’ mass spectrometry systems—scientific instruments widely used by chemists and analytical scientists around the world in life, food, environmental, and materials sciences.
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.
David Clay, British Consul General to New England, said: “The UK Government is delighted that Waters Corporation is opening a new site at Longbridge. This investment brings new jobs and innovative new technology in precision engineering into the West Midlands – an area that has long welcomed industrial innovation. The fact that a leading company like Waters has chosen the UK for this investment is also a great endorsement of the UK talent available in this sector, and we look forward to seeing the new facility have a long-term positive effect in the West Midlands Region.”
