Connected Globally
Our legacy of innovation goes back more than 40 years in the U.S. and 350 years through our global roots with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is the world's oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company and comprised of three unique businesses in the U.S., focused on healthcare, life sciences and electronics.
EMD Serono is the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in the United States and Canada. This connection to our global business allows us to leverage resources that optimize the delivery of products and services to customers and patients in the U.S.
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as the following businesses in the U.S. and Canada
EMD Serono: Biopharma/Healthcare
MilliporeSigma: Life Science
EMD Electronics: Materials for semiconductors and displays
Three U.S. businesses with 13,000+ employess across 70 sites
The healthcare business aspires to help people living with difficult-to- treat conditions like infertility, multiple sclerosis, and cancer, while delivering industry-leading patient education and assistance programs, tools and services.
More about who we areThe life science business offers tools and performance products and provides innovative solutions for scientists and engineers, facilitating lab research and the development of biotech processes and analytic applications.
Learn more hereEMD Electronics specializes in providing new and innovative technologies and high- tech materials for a variety of industries, including consumer electronics, semiconductors, lighting, coatings, printing technology, plastics, and cosmetics.
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Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany was founded in 1668, and the founding family remains the majority owner of the publicly listed corporate group. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany holds the global rights to the "Merck" name and brand. The only exceptions are the United States and Canada, where the company operates as EMD Serono, MilliporeSigma and EMD Electronics.
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