# Who does Waters Corporation pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/waters · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-09-12T00:47:57.680597+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Waters Corporation's confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include Lenovo, Amazon, Dell Technologies. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 3 cost edges, backed by 3 dated sources, 0 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-12).

### BD 바이오사이언스·진단솔루션 사업 (high)
- metric: Amount $16.8B · acquisition completed 2026-02-09 · Purchase price for the BD Biosciences and Diagnostic Solutions businesses, including assumed debt
- note: On February 9, 2026, Waters combined with Becton, Dickinson's Biosciences and Diagnostic Solutions businesses through a Reverse Morris Trust, making the business a wholly owned subsidiary. The FY2025 Form 10-K reports a $16.8 billion purchase price including assumed debt, while the announced $17.5 billion transaction value used a different measurement basis.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-23) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312526062604/d778470d10k.htm: "Purchase price, including assumed debt, of $16.8 billion."
- [confirms] PR Newswire (KO, ir, published 2026-02-13) https://www.prnewswire.com/kr/news-releases/u0077u0061u0074u0065u0072u0073u002Cu002Du0062u0064u002DuC0DDuBA85uACFCuD559u002DuBC0Fu002DuC9C4uB2E8u002DuC194uB8E8uC158u002DuC0ACuC5C5u002D-302686591.html: "Waters said it completed the combination with BD's Biosciences and Diagnostic Solutions businesses."
- [mentions] William Blair (EN, research, published 2026-01-05) https://www.williamblair.com/News/Waters-Corporation-Initiation: "Stock and cash purchase price of $17.5 billion."

### Lenovo (mid)  → /lenovo.md
- note: Waters customizes Lenovo P5 workstations for waters_connect and states that it has vendor agreements supporting long-life component availability. Lenovo hardware procurement spending was not disclosed.
- [confirms] Waters Corporation (EN, ir, published 2025-09-19) https://help.waters.com/content/dam/waters/en/support/releasenotes/2025/716014652/716014652RevB.pdf: "We have agreements with the vendor to ensure the components in the computers are available and supported."

### 아마존 (mid)  → /amazon.md
- note: Waters uses AWS EC2, RDS, S3, and IoT Greengrass for its waters_connect System Monitoring software. Cloud spending and contract terms were not disclosed.
- [confirms] Waters Corporation (EN, ir, published 2024-09-12) https://www.waters.com/blog/increasing-lab-efficiency-with-amazon-web-services-to-enable-real-time-remote-access-to-lab-information/: "Teaming up with AWS has enabled Waters to leverage a range of cloud services."

### Dell (mid)  → /dell.md
- note: Waters customizes Dell OptiPlex XE4-based LND4 systems for waters_connect and states that it has vendor agreements supporting long-life component availability. Dell hardware procurement spending was not disclosed.
- [confirms] Waters Corporation (EN, ir, published 2025-11-05) https://help.waters.com/content/dam/waters/en/support/releasenotes/2025/716016352/716016352RevA.pdf: "We have agreements with the vendor to ensure the components in the LND4 are available and supported."

Reverse side: https://valuechain.wiki/waters/customers.md · Ripple: https://valuechain.wiki/waters/ripple.md

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