ROCHESTER — Waters Medical Systems, a company with deep roots in Rochester dating back to 1958, will soon move into a new space in Old Town. IBM campus.
Waters Medical is the U.S. subsidiary of France-based Waters Medical. Institute Jorge López or IGLsigned a lease for 4,100 square feet of land on the Rochester Technology campus in April.
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Waters Medical Managing Director michael christ The company said it made the decision to relocate from its longtime manufacturing facility at 2112 15th Street NW “due to production termination and downsizing opportunities.”
“Our previous facility…was used to manufacture renal mechanical perfusion devices. However, for reasons of scale economy, we decided to continue production in France,” Christ wrote.
The move means Waters Medical will be based at its U.S. headquarters in a new technology campus space and electronics laboratory to develop medical devices for organ perfusion.
Christ anticipates the new space will be ready for use by the end of September. Once Waters Medical is up and running, he will have 10 employees working in labs and offices on the technology campus.
This is the latest milestone for Waters, which was founded in Rochester. Waters Instruments The company has grown into a large and influential company with hundreds of staff.
George Waters first came to Rochester to become a manager. waters conleyit was owned by his father Glenn Waters. Later, the company produced phonographs and home milk pasteurization equipment. George Waters saw an opportunity in medical devices and founded a company that manufactured heart and lung monitors. mayo clinic.
In 2007, IGL Companies acquired Waters from Zareba Systems, then based in Ellendale, Minn., for $5 million.
