Chemicals that drive innovations

Merck offers a very wide range of specialty chemicals for technologically sophisticated applications. Performance Materials is the global market leader in liquid crystals for displays used in televisions, PCs and consumer electronics. The division also develops and produces LED and OLED materials for display, lighting, and photovoltaics as well as pigments for the cosmetics, paints and coatings industries.

Merck Millipore supplies protein research assays and reagents, cell culture solutions and drug discovery services for biopharmaceutical companies as well as laboratory chemicals for research, analytical and hospital laboratories.

The key markets are: bioscience, foods, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, plastics, coatings, printing and optics.