Specialty measurement company Waters Corporation has been providing analytical workflow solutions across Asia, the Americas, and Europe. The company operates through two segments, Waters and TA, and specializes in the design, manufacture, sale, and servicing of high and ultra-performance liquid chromatography, as well as mass spectrometry technology systems, and support products such as chromatography columns, other consumable products, and post-warranty service plans. Additionally, Waters Corporation develops and supplies software-based products that interface with its instruments, as well as other manufacturers' instruments. Waters Corporation's MS technology instruments are widely used in drug discovery and development, clinical trial testing, the analysis of proteins in disease processes, nutritional safety analysis, and environmental testing. Meanwhile, its thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry instruments predict the suitability and stability of fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, water, polymers, metals, and viscous liquids for various industrial, consumer good, and healthcare products, as well as for life science research. The company caters to customers from life science, pharmaceutical, biochemical, industrial, nutritional safety, environmental, academic, and governmental sectors working in research and development, quality assurance, and other laboratory applications. Waters Corporation, which was founded in 1958, has its headquarters in Milford, Massachusetts.