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Waters acquires MOBILion Systems, adding advanced ion-mobility to its mass spectrometry portfolio

Waters Corporation announced on November 3, 2026 that it has acquired MOBILion Systems, Inc., a pioneer of SLIM high-resolution ion mobility separation technology. The acquisition broadens Waters' entry into the proteomics market, pairing SLIM's separation power with Waters' XevoTM MRT MS speed and resolution enabling superior bottom-up analysis of complex proteomes versus LC-MS alone.

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Company press release (PR Newswire), November 3, 2026

Waters Acquires MOBILion Systems, Bringing Advanced Ion-Mobility Separation to its Mass Spectrometry Portfolio with the Speed and Resolution AI Workflows Require for Proteomics Biomarker Discovery

Read the source: Waters Acquires MOBILion Systems, Bringing Advanced Ion-Mobility Separation to its Mass Spectrometry Portfolio with the Speed and Resolution AI Workflows Require for Proteomics Biomarker Discovery prnewswire.com

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