MilliporeSigma
About
MilliporeSigma is the U.S. and Canadian life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and its North American headquarters is in Burlington. The company supplies laboratory tools, reagents, chemicals and bioprocessing products used by researchers, biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturers, and testing labs. Its stated purpose is to solve the toughest problems in life science by collaborating with the global scientific community, with the aim of speeding access to better health for people everywhere.
The company took its current form in 2015, when Merck KGaA combined Millipore, a long-established Massachusetts filtration and bioprocessing company, with Sigma-Aldrich, the chemicals and reagents supplier. The combined business uses the MilliporeSigma name in the United States and Canada. Its Burlington site is listed under research and development, pharmaceuticals, life sciences and manufacturing, reflecting the range of work the company does.
What to Know
- Outside the U.S. and Canada, the business operates as Merck’s life science division.
- Sigma-Aldrich and Millipore remain product brands within the company.
- It belongs to both the Burlington Area and North Shore chambers of commerce.
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