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Market Cap:$5.9B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.4B
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Customer success is our mission. Since 1958 Waters has created business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations by delivering practical and sustainable scientific innovation to enable significant advancements in such areas as healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality worldwide. Bringing keen understanding and deep experience to those responsible for laboratory infrastructure and performance, Waters helps customers make profound discoveries, optimize lab operations, deliver product performance, and ensure regulatory compliance. Pioneering a connected portfolio of separation and analytical science (HLPC,UPLC ®), laboratory informatics, and mass spectrometry (MS), Waters? technology breakthroughs and laboratory solutions provide an enduring platform for customer success. Waters focuses on continual improvement to achieve the highest possible level of customer satisfaction, remain superior to the competition and be recognized by our customers as a technology and quality leader. We are committed to achieving these goals while maintaining a safe workplace for our 4,500 employees and being proactive in the preservation of the environment.
Board of Directors
Thomas P SaliceNumber of Employees 5,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing: 334516
Recent Events
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Waters Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results
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Note to feds: Heed a Bright Idea
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Waters Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
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Waters Introduces New SYNAPT G2 with Greater Power, Versatility and Speed Than Any Other...
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XenoTech LLC Offers Drug Industry New Metabolite Profiling Services Following Acquisition of Waters Synapt HDMS...
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XenoTech LLC Offers Drug Industry New Metabolite Profiling Services Following Acquisition...
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Waters Reports Fourth Quarter 2008 Financial Results
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Waters shares drop after it cuts 4Q outlook 16 mins ago
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IBO stock indexes experience mixed results in April
Signs of a struggling economy and unstable oil prices sent all three US stock indexes tumbling in April. The first day of the month prices for barrels of crude oil shot to a record high of $58 due to a warning that prices could spike to $100 per barrel. However,...
Waters news weighs heavily on instrument index
US markets experienced a roller coaster month in March, primarily due to large swings in oil prices. Crude oil prices soared to record highs of $57.60 per barrel during the month, then dropped below $53, ending the month at just over $55 per barrel. OPEC finally decided to boost production,...
Process stock index leads February growth
There were a number of positive macroeconomic events reported in February that pushed stocks higher, but another sharp rise in oil prices to over $52 per barrel sent stocks back down. On a positive note, the US Commerce Department announced that fourth quarter GDP grew at a revised 3.8% annual...
Holiday season spurs strong November for stock indexes
Crude oil prices continue to play a significant role in driving stock market fluctuations. November saw oil prices fall from their record high of $55.67 per barrel last month to as low as $46.87 per barrel on November 15. Oil prices shot back up to over $50 per barrel due...
Roller coaster month ends on positive note for IBO indexes
A barrage of negative macroeconomic events early in October sent all three major US Stock Indexes tumbling, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching an intraday low for the year at 9,708.40. The Labor Department's figures for September job growth came in much weaker than expected, with only 96,000 jobs...
Laboratory Instrument companies outpace US Indexes
Cautious optimism remains the theme for the US economy in general and for the three major US stock indexes as the summer comes to an end. During September, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates another quarter point to 1.75% as expected, noting that the economy is regaining some momentum after...
Instrument stocks' performances mixed in June
The final month of the first half of 2003 proved to be mediocre at best for the three major US stock indices, which all experienced minimal growth between 1% and 2%. Consumer spending remained somewhat sluggish, leaving the overall economy at a standstill. On the 26th of June, the Federal...
Prospects brighten for instrument equities
The three major US indices made considerable improvements over the month of April due to a number of factors. Investors proved to be fairly optimistic now that the war with Iraq appears to be over and tensions with North Korea are improving. The end of the war also caused crude...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Douglas A. Berthiaume | President & Chief Executive Officer |
| Aaron Wolkoff | President, Canadian Operations |
| Terry Kelly | President, TA Instruments, Inc. |
| John Ornell | Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer |
| John R. Nelson | Senior Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer |
| Arthur G. Caputo | Executive Vice President and President, Waters Division |
| Brian K. Mazer | Senior Vice President, HR |
| Brian K. Mazar | SrVP, HR |
| Elizabeth B. Rae | Vice President of Human Resources |
| Eugene G. Cassis | Vice President, Investor Relations |
| Mark T. Beaudouin | Vice President and General Counsel |
| Alexandre Rapsomatiotis | Manager, Data Support |
| Carlos D'Amico | Gen Manager, Argentina |
| Clara Ongaro | Manager, Finance & Admin |
| Diana Luque | Manager, Distr |
| Eduardo Diez | Manager, Service |
| Ken Eglinton | Manager, Sales |
| Michel Tremblay | Manager, Natl Service |
| Lee Tarantino | Accts Receivable |
| Nancy Mosteko | Marketing Admin |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Thomas P Salice | Board of Directors |
| Christopher A. Kuebler | Board of Directors |
| Edward Conard | Board of Directors |
| JoAnn A. Reed | Board of Directors |
| Joshua Bekenstein | Board of Directors |
| Laurie H. Glimcher | Board of Directors |
| Michael J. Berendt | Board of Directors |
| Philip Caldwell | Board of Directors |
| William J. Miller | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mettler Toledo International, Inc. | Co Founder | Current |
| Sfw Capital Partners | Co-Founder | Current |
| Sfw Capital Partners | Partner | Current |
| Fordham University | Trustee | Current |
| Beh Technology | Managing Member, Sfw Capital Partners, Llc | Current |
| Agere Systems Inc. | Audit Committee Chairman | Current |
| Fordham University | Board Director | Current |
| Waters Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Mettler Toledo International, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Beh Technology | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sovereign Specialty Chemicals, Inc. | Board Director | Current |
| Fordham University | Trustee | Current |
| Sfw Capital Partners | Managing Member | Current |
| AEA Investors, Inc. | Director, President and Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman | Former |
| Mettler Toledo International, Inc. | Lead Director | Former |
| Agere Systems Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Harvard University | MBA | Former |
| Fordham University | B.S. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beh Technology | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Waters Corporation | President & Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Waters Corporation | Chairman | Current |
| Genzyme Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Millipore Corporation | President, Waters Chromatography Division | Former |
| Genzyme Corporation | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | President, Canadian Operations | Current |
Terry Kelly, 45, became President of TA Instruments-Waters LLC in February 2005. He started his career in finance & accounting at ICI in 1985. He joined DuPont in 1988, and held various sales and marketing positions with DuPont, and later TA Instruments. He joined Waters in 1996 when TA Instruments was acquired.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | President, TA Instruments, Inc. | Current |
John Ornell, 50, became Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer in June 2001. He joined Millipore in 1990 and previously served as Vice President, Operations. During his years at Waters, he has also been Vice President of Manufacturing and Engineering, had responsibility for Operations Finance and Distribution and had a senior role in the successful implementation of the Company’s worldwide business systems.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Senior Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer | Current |
Arthur G. Caputo, 56, became an Executive Vice President in March 2003 and has served as President of the Waters Division since January 2002. Previously, he was the Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing of the Company since August 1994. He joined Millipore in October 1977 and held a number of positions in sales. Previous roles include Senior Vice President and General Manager of Millipore’s North American Business Operations responsible for establishing the Millipore North American Sales Subsidiary and General Manager of Waters’ North American field sales, support and marketing functions.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Executive Vice President and President, Waters Division | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Senior Vice President, HR | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | SrVP, HR | Current |
Elizabeth B. Rae, 50, became Vice President of Human Resources in October 2005 and has served as Vice President of Worldwide Compensation and Benefits since January 2002. She joined Waters Corporation in January 1996 as Director of Worldwide Compensation. Prior to joining Waters she has held senior human resources positions in retail, healthcare and financial services companies.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Vice President of Human Resources | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Vice President, Investor Relations | Current |
Mark T. Beaudouin, 53, became Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company in April 2003. Prior to joining Waters, he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of PAREXEL International Corporation, a bio/pharmaceutical services company, from January 2000 to April 2003. Previously, from May 1985 to January 2000, Mr. Beaudouin served in several senior legal management positions, including Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of BC International, Inc., a development stage biotechnology company, First Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of J. Baker, Inc., a diversified retail company, and General Counsel and Secretary of GenRad, Inc., a high technology test equipment manufacturer.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Vice President and General Counsel | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Manager, Data Support | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Gen Manager, Argentina | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Manager, Finance & Admin | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Manager, Distr | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Manager, Service | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Manager, Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Manager, Natl Service | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Accts Receivable | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Marketing Admin | Current |
Christopher A. Kuebler has served as our director since December 2001. Mr. Kuebler also currently serves on the board of directors of Waters Corporation, an analytical technologies services company. From January 1997 to December 2005, Mr. Kuebler served as Chairman of the Board of Covance Inc., a drug development services company, and from November 1994 to December 2004, served as its Chief Executive Officer. From March 1993 through November 1994, he was the Corporate Vice President, European Operations for Abbott Laboratories Inc., a diversified health care company. From January 1986 until March 1993, Mr. Kuebler served in various commercial positions for Abbott Laboratories' Pharmaceutical Division and was the Division's Vice President, Sales and Marketing prior to taking the position of Corporate Vice President, European Operations. Before that, he held positions at Squibb Inc. and Monsanto Health Care. Mr. Kuebler holds a B.S in Biological Science from Florida State University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nektar Therapeutics | Director | Current |
| Beh Technology | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Ocean Conservancy, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Waters Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Covance, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Abbott Laboratories | Vice President of Sales and Marketing | Former |
| The Division | Vice President, Sales and Marketing | Former |
| Squibb Corporation | Former | |
| Covance, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Florida State University | B.S. In Biological Science | Former |
Edward Conard is a director of Innophos, Inc. Mr. Conard joined Bain Capital as a Managing Director. Previously, Mr. Conard was a Vice President at Bain & Company where he headed the firm s operations practice and managed major client relationships in the industrial manufacturing and consumer goods industries. Mr. Conard is also a director of Broder Bros., Co., Waters Corporation, and Unisource Worldwide, Inc.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bain Capital, LLC | Managing Director | Current |
| Broder Bros., Co | Chairman | Current |
| Dynamic Details, Incorporated | Director | Current |
| Broder Bros., Co | Director | Current |
| Waters Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Beh Technology | Board of Directors | Current |
| Innophos, Inc | Director | Current |
| Bain Capital, LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| First Technology Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Bain & Company | Vice President | Former |
| Bain Capital, LLC | Vice President | Former |
| Broder Bros. Co. | Board of Directors | Former |
JoAnn A. Reed, 53, has served as a Director of the Company since May 2006. She is an independent director and serves as an advisor to Medco Health Solutions, Inc. Most recently, from 2002 to March 2008, she was Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. From 1988 to 2002, Ms. Reed served in several senior level roles at Medco Health Solutions, Inc. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of St. Mary’s College of Notre Dame and a Director of American Tower Corporation.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| American Tower Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Medco Health Solutions, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Medco Health Solutions, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Finance | Former |
Joshua Bekenstein, 49, has served as a Director of the Company since August 1994. He is a Managing Director of Bain Capital, LLC, where he has worked since its inception in 1984. Mr. Bekenstein is a Director of Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc., Toys R’Us, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc., Dollarama, Michaels Stores, Inc. and Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Retailers | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard Medical School | Professor of Medicine | Current |
| Harvard School of Public Health | Professor of Immunology | Current |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Chair | Former |
| National Academy of Sciences | Board of Directors | Current |
| NDCHealth Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Waters Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Harvard Medical School | M.D. | Former |
| Radcliffe College | B.A. degree | Former |
| National Academy of Sciences | member | Former |
Michael J. Berendt, Ph.D., 59, has served as a Director of the Company since March 1998. Dr. Berendt is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Aegera Therapeutics Inc., a position he assumed in March 2006. From August 2004 to December 2005, Dr. Berendt served as Managing Director of Research Corporation Technologies. From November 2000 to August 2004, Dr. Berendt served as Managing Director of AEA Investors. Dr. Berendt also worked for 18 years, from 1982 to 2000, in the pharmaceutical industry where he served in a number of senior management positions including Senior Vice President of Research for the Pharmaceutical Division of Bayer Corporation, and a Group Director of Drug Discovery at Pfizer, Inc. Dr. Berendt has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Myriad Genetics, Inc., Catalyst Biosciences and Northstar Neuroscience.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board Director | Current |
| Beh Technology | Board of Directors | Current |
| Bayer Corporation, Pharmaceutical Division | Vice President, Institute for Bone & Joint Disorders and Cancer | Former |
| Research Corporation Technologies | Managing Director | Former |
| AEA Investors, Inc. | Managing Director, Life Sciences Group | Former |
| Pfizer Inc. | Group Director of Drug Discovery | Former |
| Myriad Genetics, Inc. | Board Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waters Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. | Senior Managing Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Quadro | Independent Director and Consultant | Current |
| Purevideo Zone | Independent Director and Consultant | Current |
| Ageia, Inc. | Independent Director and Consultant | Current |
| Overland Storage, Inc. | Advisor to Technology Companies | Current |
| Digimarc Corporation | Chair of The Compensation Committee | Current |
| Waters Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Quadro | Board of Directors | Current |
| Overland Storage, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Purevideo Zone | Board of Directors | Current |
| Nvision 08 | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ask About Computers | Board of Directors | Current |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Director | Current |
| Digimarc Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| ViewSonic Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Iminers, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ageia, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Avid Technology, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Quantum Corporation | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Avid Technology, Inc. | President | Former |
| Control Data Corporation | Former | |
| Avid Technology, Inc. | Chairman of the Board | Former |
| University of Minnesota | J.D. Degree | Former |
| University of Minnesota | B.A. | Former |
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