Singapore, Feb 08, 2010: Waters Corporation has introduced Acquity UPLC H-Class System. According to the company, the new H-Class system is designed to replace High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) systems and accelerate Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) adoption among HPLC users.

The company has incorporated the technical advantages of its Acquity UPLC with the operational familiarity of traditional HPLC, in this new product Acquity UPLC H-Class system

With systems currently installed in Waters’ demonstration laboratories worldwide, the Acquity UPLC H-Class is ready for customer shipping today.

Beyond improving chromatographic performance when running UPLC columns as well as fully supporting HPLC columns, the Acquity UPLC H-Class system closely emulates HPLC work-flows making method transfer from HPLC to UPLC easier or more seamless. Furthermore, the introduction of Acquity UPLC H-Class allows organizations to standardize their approach to LC with a common technology platform that makes the future transition from HPLC to UPLC-based methods straightforward and practical - from product discovery through to product release testing.

“Working closely with our customers, it became obvious that the immediate next step for UPLC was to more closely link UPLC and HPLC to improve data quality, increase sample throughput, and reduce cost per analysis across a broader range of markets and entire enterprises,” said Mr Art Caputo, President of the Waters Division. “Based on conversations with some of our key accounts, the introduction of the Acquity UPLC H-Class is the right system at the right time.”

“Having proven itself in the market under the most rigorous situations for the most demanding applications, UPLC technology has experienced a prolific adoption rate,” further said Mr Caputo. “So much so that today’s HPLC users, many of whom are currently unable to or prefer not to change their approach to LC, are looking for the benefits from UPLC technology, but on their terms.”

To date, Waters has installed thousands of UPLC systems, replacing the workload of tens of thousands of HPLC systems, supported more than 500 peer-reviewed papers, demonstrated reduced solvent consumption up to 95 percent for greener laboratories, and has served the needs of regulatory agencies around the globe.