Waters Corporation - SWOT Analysis

Waters Corporation - SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. The report examines the company's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.

Waters Corporation (Waters), an analytical instrument manufacturer, designs, sells and services, high performance liquid chromatography, ultra performance liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry instrument systems, chromatography columns, and thermal analysis and rheometry instruments. The company primarily operates in the US, Europe and Asia. It is headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts and employs approximately 5,000 people. The company recorded revenues of $1,473 million during the fiscal year ended December 2007, an increase of 15.1% over 2006. The increase in revenues was due to the company's introduction of new products; a rise in spending by the company's pharmaceutical, industrial, governmental and academic customers; and the effects of foreign currency translation. The company also improved its revenues through acquisitions of net assets and customer lists from a South Korean distributor, Calorimetry Sciences Corporation, Environmental Resources Associates and food safety business of VICAM. The operating profit of the company was $348.9 million in 2007, an increase of 18.2% over 2006. The net profit was $268.1 million in 2007, an increase of 20.7% over 2006.

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