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Instrumentation

The Northwest has leading strengths in high-end instrumentation and is home to both R&D and Manufacturing in mass spectrometry and clinical diagnostics instrumentation.

Farfield
Farfield is a global supplier of analytical instruments with applications in biophysical characterisation, structural and functional proteomics, biomolecular interactions, drug discovery and diagnostic development.

Applied Biosystems
Applied Biosystems in Warrington serves the life science market by developing and marketing instrument based systems, consumables, software and service.

Kratos
Kratos develop and manufacture high performance MALDI mass spectrometers which are marketed by Shimadzu Biotech. Typical analytical applications include pharmaceutical drug discovery, industrial polymer analysis and proteomics, genomics and biomarker discovery.

Shimadzu Research Laboratory
SRL is the European research centre for Shimadzu Corporation with particular interests in ion optics, biological mass spectrometry and electron microscopy, designing new instrumental and analytical techniques from concept to working prototype.

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Following a merger in 2006 Thermo Fisher Scientific serves its customer through two premier brands Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, helping to solve analytical challenges from routine testing to complex research and discovery. Thermo Fisher Scientific has established a multi-million pound Global Centre of Excellence in Runcorn in support of their global growth plans. Following the relocation of the existing Anatomical Pathology and Chromatography business operations to Runcorn in 2009 the company plans to make Runcorn their largest UK manufacturing facility.

Waters
Waters (Manchester) is the global HQ of Waters mass spectrometry, part of Waters Division. Waters Corporation, head quartered in Milford, Massachusetts, holds worldwide leading positions in complementary analytical technologies - liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, rheometry and microcalorimetry. Waters Division products (ULPC, HPLC and MS instruments and consumables) are used by pharmaceutical, life science, biochemical, industrial, academic and government organisations working in research and development, quality assurance and other laboratory applications.