Waters Corp., a Milford-based producer of scientific gear, has opened a brand new world capability middle in Bengaluru, India, one of many firm’s quickly rising markets.

The new $16-million facility will make use of greater than 300 folks with the objective of accelerating technological adoption and innovation, based on a press launch issued by the corporate on Wednesday. The new world capability middle, situated inside a WELL and LEED Platinum-certified expertise park, will enable the corporate to tackle roles beforehand outsourced to exterior service suppliers. 

“India continues to be one of our fastest growing markets and a key location for the talent that we need to drive global customer success and innovation forward,” Udit Batra, president and CEO of Waters, mentioned within the press launch. “The Waters India GCC is an built-in extension of our world crew, serving as a middle of excellence throughout areas corresponding to software program engineering, expertise and product growth.”

Bengaluru, often known as Bangalore, is a quickly rising tech hub attracting a number of the world’s most distinguished corporations, together with Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Other tenants of the town’s RMZ Ecoworld expertise park embrace Honeywell International, a North Carolina-based superior producer, and KPMG International, a multinational accounting agency based mostly within the Netherlands, based on these firm’s web sites. 

“Opening the Waters GCC is a significant milestone for our team in India. We chose Bengaluru because of the availability and depth of talent, the friendly business environment, and its close proximity to our customers,” T AnilKumar, common supervisor of Waters India, mentioned within the assertion.

Waters Corp. turned one of many first analytical devices corporations to open in India in 1988, based on the discharge. The firm’s presence has since grown to greater than 430 workers, with the corporate servicing greater than 2,300 laboratories throughout the nation.

Founded in 1958 in a basement workplace of the Framingham police station, Waters Corp. constructed its headquarters in Milford in 1973. The firm employs greater than 3,000 workers in 35 international locations, based on its web site.