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News Release from: Waters
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 June 2006
Analysis and environmental regulatory
compliance
Waters has announced collaborations with members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to provide technology and expertise for food safety analysis and environmental regulatory compliance.
Waters has formally announced collaborations with the China Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control (China CDC), Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control (BJCDC) and The Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to provide technology and expertise for food safety analysis and environmental regulatory compliance Waters Corporation is one of the world's leading scientific analytical instrument companies in liquid chromatography (UPLC), mass spectrometry (MS) and laboratory informatics all of which are essential enabling technologies for the analytical laboratory
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 11 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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These joint collaborations with China's premier food safety and environmental centers signifies a strong vote of confidence in Waters and its commitment to address China's rapidly increasing food safety and environmental challenges.
Today's announcement and ceremony solidifies the partnerships aimed at bringing out the best in each organization in meeting increasingly stringent food safety and environmental standards in China.
"Waters is excited about having the opportunity to provide a range of robust technologies and expertise to complement the Chinese food safety and environmental agencies in ensuring that international standards are not only met, but exceeded," explains Art Caputo, President of Waters Division.
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"We embrace the groundbreaking research being conducted by our Chinese partners and their feedback will, in turn, allow us to better our products and services.
It is a synergistic partnership." "The collaboration we are currently engaged in with Waters helps us to develop advanced applications and solutions to problems unique to China's development," Dr Wu Yongning, Director of Chemical Contamination Control at China CDC.
Director of Beijing CDC, Mr Liu Ze Jun affirms, "Indeed, our partnership with Waters has already produced very rewarding results.
We look forward to intensifying our relationship with Waters." One of Waters' cutting-edge innovations, Acquity Ultra Performance LC (UPLC), a breakthrough in separation science pioneered by Waters, eliminates significant time and cost per sample from the analytical process while improving the quality of results.
The collaboration with the various food safety and environmental agencies and their rapid adoption to embrace the latest technology and application solutions, reinforces China's commitment to improve and comply with international standards.
"As one of the state guardians in ensuring strict food safety standards for the public, such collaboration is timely and crucial," states Zheng Minghui, Professor and Associate Director, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology for RCEES.
"We are confident that this partnership with Waters will complement China's on-going commitment in food safety and environmental standards, especially in the area of analytical method development in toxicology." Since 1983, Waters China has supported some of Asia's largest laboratories including those in Shanghai and Beijing.
Waters' clients in China include pharmaceutical industry, research centers, disease control centers, product inspections, environmental protection agencies and departments, etc Other noteworthy milestones include: Research collaborations with the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2004).
Waters signed the Letter of Intent to set up a Dioxin Monitoring Lab with the State Environmental Protection Administration of China in cooperation with the US Dept of Commerce (2004).
The construction of a distribution center in Shanghai to hasten facility maintenance and the expansion of product supplements.
Support and sponsorship of scientific investigations of the Himalayas for the China Academy of Sciences (2005).
Partnerships with several of China's finest universities including Tsing Hua University, Jiao Tong University, and Zhongshan University.
Waters China, established in 1983, operates regional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong and Hong Kong with regional training centers and demo labs in Beijing and Shanghai.
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