EMD Millipore

Billerica, MA United States

  (NYSE: MIL)

Company Description

Supermodels aren't the only ones who benefit from small pores --  EMD Millipore's more than 300,000 customers do too. The company is a leader in membrane separation technology, used for fluid analysis, identification, and purification. Its membranes filter particulate, molecular, bacterial, or viral entities from fluids and are also used to concentrate such material for processing. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients use the products for sterilizing, cell harvesting, and isolating compounds from complex mixtures. The beverage industry uses EMD Millipore's filters to remove bacteria and yeast from wine, beer, juice, and water. In 2010 Merck KGaA acquired the company for $6 billion.