Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT)

34 Maple St.
Milford, MA 01757 (Map)
Phone: 508-478-2000
Fax: 508-872-1990
Toll Free: 800-252-4752
http://www.waters.com

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Overview

Waters works with a lot of chemicals more complicated than H2O. Waters Corporation makes high-performance liquid chromatography instruments used by researchers, scientists, and engineers to separate and identify chemicals. The company also makes mass spectrometers that help identify chemical compounds. Its products are used to develop new drugs, identify the nutritional content of foods, and test air and water quality. Waters' TA division makes thermal analyzers and rheometry instruments for determining the physical characteristics of polymers and other substances. Customers are in government, academia, and industrial sectors; more than two-thirds of sales are from customers located outside the US.

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Company Type Public (NYSE: WAT)
Fiscal Year-End December
2008 Sales (mil.) £1,087.8
1-Year Sales Growth 6.9%
2008 Net Income (mil.) £222.7
1-Year Net Income Growth 20.3%
2008 Employees 5,000
1-Year Employee Growth 0.0%
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Chairman, President, and CEO Douglas A. Berthiaume
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VP Finance and Administration and CFO John Ornell
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VP Human Resources Elizabeth B. Rae
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