Merck KGaA

About Merck KGaA

Merck KGaA, headquartered in Darmstadt, is an internationally operating science and technology company founded in 1668 as the Engel-Apotheke pharmacy in Darmstadt and considered the oldest chemical-pharmaceutical company in the world still in existence. The Group comprises around 250 companies in approximately 180 countries and is organized into three business sectors: Healthcare (EMD Serono), Life Science (MilliporeSigma) and Electronics (EMD Electronics). The product portfolio includes liquid crystals, life science and performance chemicals, bioprocessing solutions, small molecules and biopharmaceuticals. Research and development centers are located among other places in Darmstadt, Boston, Shizuoka and Beijing. The company has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 1995 and is included in the DAX; the Merck family continues to hold the majority of the shares.

Site

Darmstadt

Processes

Life Science (MilliporeSigma), Healthcare (EMD Serono), Electronics (EMD Electronics)

Founded

1668

Employees

62461

Industries

Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Biotechnology, Electronics

1. 01

   Research & Development

2. 02

   Production

3. 03

   Sales

Sites

Products

Inside the production

History

1. 1668

   Friedrich Jacob Merck takes over the Engel-Apotheke pharmacy in Darmstadt

2. 1827

   Emanuel Merck begins industrial production of alkaloids

3. 1891

   Founding of Merck & Co. in New York

4. 1995

   Stock market listing, renaming to Merck KGaA

5. 2006

   Acquisition of Serono SA

6. 2010

   Acquisition of Millipore Corporation

7. 2018

   350th anniversary