Millipore Corporation · Billerica, MA United States ·(NYSE: MIL)

Supermodels aren't the only ones who benefit from small pores -- 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 further processing. Clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries use the products for sterilizing (including virus reduction and sterility testing of antibiotics), cell harvesting, and isolating compounds from complex mixtures. The beverage industry uses Millipore's filters to remove bacteria and yeast from wine, beer, juice, and water. To read the full description, subscribe now.