Right Honourable George Osborne MP and Brian Smith, VP Mass Spectrometry for Waters plant a beech tree at site of Waters' new Mass Spectrometry HQ.

On Friday, June 15, Waters Corporation held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Mass Spectrometry Headquarters planned for completion in 2014.

Situated on the 37-acre Stamford Lodge site, three miles south of Manchester Airport, the new facility is intended to unite Waters’ existing mass spectrometry operations, consisting of more than 500 employees, currently located on four separate sites in South Manchester and Altrincham. Plans for the new facility include state-of-the-art customer demonstration laboratories, research and development capabilities, and an expanded manufacturing capacity.