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Waters opens global capability centre in Bengaluru

US-headquartered Waters Corpora-
tion has inaugurated its new Global
Capability Centre (GCC) in Bengalore.
This is a strategic investment to acce-
lerate technology adoption, innovation,
digital transformation, and business
effi ciencies through a concentrated hub
of talent that will operate across the
Waters global enterprise.

The Waters India GCC is in a newly
built facility in RMZ Ecoworld techno-
logy park. The new $16-mn workspace
will employ 300+ for roles that were centre of excellence across areas such productivity in support of our custo-
formerly outsourced to various outside as software engineering, technology mers in India and around the world.”
service providers and will transform and product development.”
into an India-based global hub designed In 1988, Waters became one of the
to in-source talent, accelerate techno- “Opening the Waters GCC is a fi rst analytical instruments companies
logy adoption, and drive technological signifi cant milestone for our team in to start operations in India and has
innovation. India. We chose Bengaluru because since grown to nine sites and over 430
of the availability and depth of talent, employees, serving customers across
“India continues to be one of our the friendly business environment, and more than 2,300 laboratories in India.
fastest growing markets and a key loca- its close proximity to our customers,” Waters technologies and services help
tion for talent that we need to drive said Mr. T. Anilkumar, General Man- customers and innovators around the
global customer success and innovation ager, Waters India Pvt. Ltd. “Our GCC world ensure the safety of medicines
forward,” said Dr. Udit Batra, President & in Bengaluru will allow us to access and vaccines, the purity of food and
CEO of Waters Corporation. “The Wa- and develop exceptional talent within water, and the quality and sustainability
ters India GCC is an integrated exten- Waters to accelerate our technological of products that millions of people use
sion of our global team, serving as a capabilities, operational excellence and every day.

India tapping into Australia for more lithium mines

The Mines Ministry has reached out not always lead to actual exploration.
to Australia seeking access to “more” According to an offi cial, the Australian
lithium reserves and mines while ex- authorities had identifi ed at least fi ve
pressing interest to carry out “due mines of lithium and cobalt for Indian
diligence, prospecting and exploration” entities, led by state-owned Khanij
activities. Bidesh India (KABIL), the joint ven-
ture between state-run NALCO, Hin-
The Ministry is also collaborating India is doing due diligence for two dustan Copper and Mineral Exploration
with PSUs like Coal India, NTPC, and lithium mines and three cobalt mines Corporation.
others to secure access and acquisi- in Australia already. Due diligence is a
tion of lithium mines and other critical process wherein the expected reserves Australia produces almost half
minerals there, as it looks to become of the block are determined, while also of the world’s lithium, is the sec-
self-reliant and reduce import depen- considering whether mining can be car- ond-largest producer of cobalt and the
dence, as per a report in the Hindu Busi- ried out commercially or not. Due dili- fourth-largest producer of rare earth
nessLine. gence is a long-drawn process and may elements.

132 Chemical Weekly December 19, 2023

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