A new manufacturing facility has opened in Longbridge.
The latest property project to complete in the south Birmingham town is Waters Corporation's new 45,000 sq ft base from where it will make scientific instruments used by chemists and analytical scientists for sectors such as food and the environment.
The new facility on Longbridge Business Park more than triples the US firm's existing West Midlands operations where it has a base in Solihull.
It also enhances the company's machining capacity to produce components for products developed and manufactured at its bases in Cheshire and Ireland.
Around 100 new jobs have been created as a result of the plant's launch.
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Waters Corporation, which was founded in the 1950s and is headquartered in Massachusetts, makes lab instruments and creates software, with 7,500 staff based across the world at sites in Germany, Singapore and India among others.
It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Senior vice-president of global operations Chris Ross said: "The opening of our Longbridge facility is an important next step for Waters and our employees with a modern, fit-for-purpose space to support their innovative and important work.
"This state-of-the-art, precision-engineering centre expands our manufacturing footprint in the region and also provides a highly desirable working environment to support future growth and the potential for additional skilled jobs."
David Clay, British Consul General to New England, added: "The 海角视频 Government is delighted that Waters Corporation is opening a new site at Longbridge.
"This investment brings new jobs and innovative new technology in precision engineering into the West Midlands - an area that has long welcomed industrial innovation.
"The fact that a leading company like Waters has chosen the 海角视频 for this investment is also a great endorsement of the 海角视频 talent available in this sector and we look forward to seeing the new facility have a long-term positive effect in the West Midlands region."
The Longbridge facility was built by St Modwen which is leading a long-running regeneration of the former MG Rover plant following its closure in 2005.
It is creating a retail, business and housing hub which has already welcomed a new Bournville College, Sainsbury's, the Midlands' largest Marks & Spencer store and new office accommodation.