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MUNICH , April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT ) is exhibiting its award-winning ACQUITY UPC(2) ™ System for the first time in Europe at the 23rd Analytica International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology. A Gold Sponsor of this year's Analytica, Waters® ACQUITY UPC(2) System was selected for the Pittcon Editor's Gold Award for Best New Product at Pittcon 2012 in March. The ACQUITY UPC(2) System is a new category of separations science instrumentation that gives laboratories previously unavailable options for tackling tough analytical challenges. The instrument is now available for worldwide customer shipment.
Also new to Analytica are Waters NuGenesis® 8 featuring LE (Laboratory Execution) Technologies , a comprehensive data management and workflow solution that more effectively connects organizations' analytical laboratory data systems to their business information technology systems, and a new line of analytical standards and reagents consisting of an initial portfolio of more than 200 pre-formulated reference materials and reagents for the scientific laboratory.
"The introductions we're bringing to Analytica reflect strong customer demand for greater problem-solving capability, greater efficiency, and certifiable data quality. UPC(2), NuGenesis 8 and our new line of analytical standards and reagents make this year's Analytica one of the most exciting in years for us," said Art Caputo , President, Waters Division.
An Industry-First UltraPerformance Convergence Chromatography System
Waters ACQUITY UPC(2) System expands the boundaries of reverse phase liquid chromatography (LC) and of gas chromatography (GC) separations and offers a replacement option for normal phase chromatography applications. Employing the principle of UltraPerformance Convergence Chromatography™, Waters ACQUITY UPC(2) System is a novel analytical system that gives laboratories an indispensable tool for tackling tough-to-analyze compounds including hydrophobic and chiral compounds, lipids, thermally-labile samples and polymers.
"With ACQUITY UPC(2) we applied our expertise in ultraperformance chromatography to the traditional technique of SFC and emerged with a more universal laboratory tool with much broader applications there's a huge need for this kind of separating power today," said Harbaksh Sidhu , Program Director, ACQUITY UPC(2) Program, Waters Division. "When we show customers what UPC(2) can do, you can just see the lightbulbs going off. They start to understand it's not a specialty tool – but a tool they can weave into their workflow on a routine basis,a tool that complements traditional LC and GC techniques and a tool that increases productivity and opens up worlds of possibilities. It's a huge leap forward in separations science."
Compressed carbon dioxide, the primary mobile phase for UPC(2), offers numerous major advantages over liquid mobile phases or carrier gases that are used with LC and GC. For one, carbon dioxide alone, or combined with a co-solvent, is a low viscosity mobile phase that achieves higher diffusion rates and enhanced mass transfer than liquids used in HPLC. For another, when compared to GC, carbon dioxide alone is a mobile phase that allows separations to occur at a much lower temperature.
Scientists can routinely separate compounds that are less amenable to analysis by LC and GC including molecules having a wide range of polarities.
With its ACQUITY UPC(2) System, Waters is offering several sub two-micron particle technology column chemistries in a variety of dimensions including BEH (Ethylene Bridged Hybrid), BEH 2-EP (2-Ethylpyridine) and CSH (Charged Surface Hybrid) Fluoro-Phenyl. Waters plans to introduce additional chemistries later in 2012.
This combination of chemistries gives scientists the ability to precisely vary mobile phase strength, pressure, and temperature. With the ability to fine-tune the resolving power and selectivity of the system, scientists can exercise better control over the retention of analytes for separating, detecting and quantifying structural analogs, isomers, and enantiomeric and diasteriomeric mixtures – all compounds that are often a challenge to separate by any other means. A key benefit of the Waters ACQUITY UPC(2) System is the use of inexpensive and non-toxic compressed carbon dioxide as a primary mobile phase that can take the place of toxic and volatile organic solvents that are extremely expensive to purchase and dispose.
For more information: www.waters.com/UPC(2 )
New Analytical Standards and Reagents Business
After years of formulating calibrants and reference materials for customers of its own high-performance LC and LC/MS systems, Waters has launched a new line of analytical standards and reagents for LC and LC/MS. Now being manufactured at a new, purpose-built facility in Golden, Colorado that opened in January of this year, Waters pre-packaged, pre-measured, ready-to-use standards and reagents, totaling more than 200 products, are now available to its worldwide customer base.
"Our customers are under pressure to produce faster, more accurate results consistently in an increasingly global and increasingly regulated business environment," according to Mike Yelle , Senior Director, Commercial Chemistry Operations, Waters Division. "Until now they've been held back by the need to formulate, by hand, the standards and reagents that are crucial to consistent LC and LC/MS analyses. It's a significant roadblock and it's time to give them what they have been clamoring for: a well-qualified, single source provider of ready-to-use certified standards and reagents for LC, LC/MS along with our new UPC(2) system."
Now scientists can source everything they need from Waters; from pre-formulated, small molecule, single-component standards to multi-component test mixes to protein digest and glycan standards. Over time, the company will add new products to its portfolio in response to customer demands.
For Waters customers, these ready-to-use analytical standards and reagents provide absolute traceability through an unbroken chain of documentation traceable all the way back to the original source materials so that lab managers and auditors can evaluate the quality of chemical measurements. Secondly, Waters analytical standards and reagents are precisely formulated – every time – which greatly reduces a source of variability, from analysis to analysis, instrument to instrument, and from laboratory to laboratory.
The addition of analytical standards and reagents to Waters product portfolio reflects Waters commitment to providing total system solutions, maximizing the value of Waters technologies.
Connecting Science and Business with Laboratory Execution Technologies
Waters NuGenesis 8 featuring LE (Laboratory Execution) Technologies is a comprehensive data management and workflow solution that more effectively connects organizations' analytical laboratory data systems to their business information technology systems.
"NuGenesis 8 bridges the gaps, not only in laboratory workflow and documentation but also between departments and between business and laboratory systems. By automatically capturing, managing, and moving information from start to finish, NuGenesis 8 takes manual paper-driven procedures – and thus human error – out of the process," said Mary Ellen Goffredo , Senior Director, Systems Marketing Waters Division. "Because analysis is performed right the first time, it can improve laboratory information throughput by 50 to 75 percent. Never before have science-driven organizations had the ability to fully and freely collect, process, and distribute scientific information."
Key to NuGenesis 8 is its newly developed LE Technology, a documentation and workflow solution that guides the laboratory analyst through routine method standard operating procedures. At their workstations, laboratory analysts are presented with electronic worksheets that step them through the prescribed workflow, ensuring that they complete every step and verifying that all input meets established criteria. The information they generate is then collected and shared with the QC organization and business systems, such as LIMS and ERP.
In addition to featuring LE Technology, NuGenesis 8 provides access to a suite of information management technologies, including sample management. Using NuGenesis Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN), laboratories can track, assign, and manage samples, tests, and results. The user-centric design revolves around both laboratory managers, who seek metrics about the laboratory workload, as well as analysts who need a convenient overview of pending tasks and the status of in- process tests. The result is a more efficiently run laboratory.
A First Analytica for Other Waters Products
The following Waters products will also make their Analytica debut:
Waters Scientific Presentations, Live Demonstrations and Workshops
A big hit with conferees every year , Waters is offering numerous seminars, live demonstrations, and workshops on the following topics:
A complete list of Waters' presentations and seminars can be found at www.waters.com/analytica .
For additional information:
Waters Analytica Exhibit Booths
Waters Main Booth Hall A1, Booth 243/336
Waters MassTrak Clinical Solutions Hall A3, Booth 569
Analytica http://www.analytica.de
Waters @ Analytica http://www.waters.com/waters/eventInstance.htm?eiid=134667670
ACQUITY UPC(2) System http://www.waters.com/waters/nav.htm?cid=134658367
NuGenesis 8 http://nugenesis-sdms.waters.com/
Standards and Reagents http://www.waters.com/waters/promotionDetail.htm?id=134663314
TruView™ LC/MS Certified Vials http://www.waters.com/waters/nav.htm?cid=10000711
e X tended P erformance [ XP ] 2.5 micron Columns http://www.waters.com/waters/nav.htm?cid=134644848&locale=en_US
MV-10 ASFE System http://www.waters.com/waters/nav.htm?cid=134661549
ACQUITY UPLC H-Class Bio http://www.waters.com/waters/nav.htm?cid=10166246&locale=en_US
ACQUITY UPLC I-Class http://www.waters.com/waters/nav.htm?cid=134613317&locale=en_US
About Waters Corporation ( www.waters.com )
For over 50 years, Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT ) has created business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations by delivering practical and sustainable innovation to enable significant advancements in such areas as healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality worldwide.
Pioneering a connected portfolio of separations science, laboratory information management, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis, Waters technology breakthroughs and laboratory solutions provide an enduring platform for customer success.
With revenue of $1.85 billion in 2011, Waters is driving scientific discovery and operational excellence for customers worldwide.
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