- Headquarters
- Darmstadt, Germany · Europe
- Value chain
- Chemicals & gases(Inputs); also Medicines & vaccines
- What that means
- Supplies chemistry: speciality and process chemicals, coatings and resins, industrial and speciality gases, energetics, fuels, reagents and enzymes.
- Founded
- 1668
- Staff
- 62,500 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- ETR:MRK on Google Finance
- Website
- merckgroup.com
- Relevance
- High at its strongest, in Biomanufacturing
Darmstadt, GermanyIn 5 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- BiomanufacturingHigh
Biotechnology & Health Technologies · Equipment & materials · listed #8 of 50
Its Life Science sector (MilliporeSigma) supplies filtration, chromatography, media and contract viral-vector and ADC manufacturing to the bioprocess industry.
Relevance: Major bioprocess filtration and chromatography supplier
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Equipment & materials · listed #12 of 50
Its Electronics sector (EMD Electronics, incl. former Versum Materials) supplies deposition precursors, specialty gases, CMP slurries, patterning materials and delivery systems.
Relevance: Major electronic materials and specialty gases supplier
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing · Equipment & materials · listed #14 of 50
Electronics sector supplies liquid-crystal, display and surface-modification materials; it sold its Surface Solutions pigment unit to Global New Material in 2025.
Relevance: Major supplier of liquid-crystal, display and effect materials
Biotechnology & Health Technologies · Equipment & materials · listed #14 of 50
Holds a large CRISPR patent portfolio (including proxy-CRISPR) and supplies genome-editing and synthetic-biology reagents through its MilliporeSigma life-science business.
Relevance: Large CRISPR patent portfolio and reagent supplier
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Equipment & materials · listed #26 of 50
Its Electronics sector (which includes Versum Materials) supplies deposition precursors, specialty gases, CMP slurries and patterning materials to leading fabs.
Relevance: Major electronic materials supplier to fabs