Waters Corporation has announced its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire Andrew Alliance - an innovator in specialty laboratory automation technology, including software and robotics. Andrew Alliance's cloud-native software platform and modern interface dramatically improves the use of automation technology, enabling more scientists to realise the advantages of repeatability and performance for both routine and complex laboratory workflows.
"The acquisition broadens our technology portfolio to include advanced robotics and software that will positively impact our customers' workflows across pharmaceuticals, life sciences and materials science markets," said Chris O'Connell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Waters Corporation. "This move also demonstrates Waters' commitment to deploy capital to growth-oriented acquisitions that reinforce our specialty strategy and enhance our core business."
Andrew Alliance has approximately 40 employees in Switzerland, France and the United States.
 "We are thrilled to join the Waters family," says Piero Zucchelli, CEO, Andrew Alliance. "We have found the right partner to bring our vision of connected laboratories to life. Waters' combination of instruments and chemistries will help us accelerate the delivery of our innovative software and hardware technologies to customers as mass spectrometry increasingly moves into the hands of more and more users."