Lab Equipment & ReagentsFounded 1668
MilliporeSigma
Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
The U.S./Canada life-science brand of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, supplying lab chemicals, reagents, filtration membranes and biosafety/bioprocessing products, formed from the merger of two heritage companies: Millipore (filtration) and Sigma-Aldrich (research chemicals).
- Segment
- Lab Equipment & Reagents
- Headquarters
- Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
- Founded
- 1668
- Website
- www.emdmillipore.com
Notable facts
- Millipore Corporation was founded in 1954 after its founder purchased declassified WWII-era membrane filter technology from Vannevar Bush's Lovell Chemical for $200,000; Merck KGaA acquired Millipore in 2010 for roughly EUR 5.3 billion.
- Merck completed its $17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich in November 2015, combining the two brands to form MilliporeSigma in the US and Canada.
- Parent company Merck KGaA, Darmstadt was founded in 1668 when Friedrich Jacob Merck purchased the Engel Pharmacy in Darmstadt, making it one of the world's oldest pharmaceutical/chemical companies.
Sources. This profile is compiled from public reference data, WebSearch-verified against source 1 · source 2. Data as of 2026-07-14. See methodology.
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