Contributing to excellence in science and analytics
The Lab Solutions Business Unit supplies products for research, analytical and clinical laboratories in a wide variety of industries. Accounting for about 40% of the division’s total revenues, it is one of the leading suppliers of laboratory chemicals, lab water equipment and consumables. Merck Millipore has a strong track record of developing packaging concepts and chemical packaging that protect high-quality solvents prior to use. In addition, the division is the leading supplier of lab water and water treatment technologies.
For inorganic chemistry, we offer reagents of high purity such as salts, acids, caustics, volumetric solutions, buffers, reference materials for instrumental analysis and products for inorganic trace analysis. For organic chemistry, we supply a full range of basic products for synthesis, including building blocks, reagents and solvents most commonly used in organic synthesis from laboratory scale to bulk production.
As a supplier of chromatography products, Merck Millipore is also advancing the development of analytical separation technologies. The product focus is on analytical high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and innovations to the monolithic Chromolith® HPLC columns for ultrafast separations.
Stringent requirements in food and environmental analysis
We have tailored our testing products for food, water and waste water analysis, spectrophotometry and quality control to growing analytical demand. This includes products such as the spectrophotometer Spectroquant® Pharo and the Spectroquant® Colorimeter Picco Cl2/O3/ClO2/CyA/pH as well as an extended product line of instant visual test kits such as Merckoquant® test strips.
Visual test kits such as pH indicator strips and papers, Aquamerck®, Microquant®, and Aquaquant®, as well as testing instruments such as Reflectoquant® and Turbiquant® are also part of the range. The product range for microscopy is tailored to classical hematology, cytology, histology, and bacteriology. Laboratory supplies and third-party products round off the offerings to research, quality, analytical, and clinical labs.
Competence in BioMonitoring
BioMonitoring activities are another area of competence within the Lab Solutions Business Unit. Our products help to detect microbiological contamination and to conduct protein and cellular analysis targeting customers in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and food industries. The business unit also sells membranes, antibodies, and other diagnostic reagents to diagnostic and medical device manufacturers. Beverage companies also benefit from the use of BioMonitoring products to identify microbiological contamination from bacteria and yeast.
We are also focused on developing next-generation technologies that are faster and more sensitive and enable drug manufacturers to identify contamination earlier in their processes. These products are capable of significantly reducing the time-to-result from days or weeks to hours.
Water purification equipment and products for laboratories
As the leading supplier of lab water applications, Merck Millipore also offers lab water instruments, consumables and services to meet diverse water purification needs. These products remove microorganisms, dissolved gases, particulates, and organic and inorganic compounds from water. The quality of the water is a critical variable for researchers as it can have a lasting impact on the scientific results of their research. The demands placed on water quality depend largely on the complexity of the scientific experiment, with ultrapure water required for complex experiments.
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