emd millipore-us-ma

What emd millipore-us-ma does

MilliporeSigma is the US-facing life science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German conglomerate. The company distributes a catalog of 200,000+ products organized under six sub-brands: Millipore® (pharma/biopharma products and CTDMO services), Sigma-Aldrich® (lab and production materials), SAFC® (pharma and biopharma raw materials), Supelco® (analytical products), Milli-Q® (lab water purification systems), and BioReliance® (contract testing services). Additional product trademarks include Millex®, Amicon®, and Viresolve® for filtration, protein preparation, and virus clearance applications respectively.

The business model combines product sales (one-time purchases for capital items and instruments, with recurring consumption for filters, membranes, and reagents) with professional services revenue through the BioReliance® CTDMO offering. Pricing is quote-based rather than publicly listed, with customers accessing instant quotes through the sigmaaldrich.com e-commerce platform or by phone at +1 (800) 325-3010. Distribution is primarily direct e-commerce supplemented by inside sales and the Premier Partners program, which aggregates complementary products from Cytiva and Corning.

The customer base spans pharma and biopharma manufacturers (primary, with emphasis on monoclonal antibody workflows), academic and institutional life science research laboratories (primary), and secondary verticals in industrial microbiology, clinical diagnostics, and analytical testing. The company sells to both enterprise accounts (large pharma manufacturers using CTDMO and bulk raw materials) and a long tail of individual researchers ordering consumables online, supported by a New Lab-Starter Program targeting new research labs and grant-funded investigators. No headcount, revenue, or financial performance figures are disclosed in the source data.

Name

emd millipore-us-ma

Legal name

MilliporeSigma

Website

https://milliporesigma.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

MilliporeSigma is the US life science arm of Merck KGaA, distributing 200,000+ products across filtration, chromatography, reagents, lab water, and contract testing under brands like Sigma-Aldrich, Millipore, and BioReliance, serving pharma manufacturers, academic researchers, and industrial testing labs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Life Science Laboratory Products and Services

NAICS

Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Biologics (mAbs/Recombinant Proteins) CDMO (HLAGABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Clinical Trial Material (CTM) Manufacturing & Supply CDMO (HLAGABAK), Microbiology & Sterility Assurance (Bioburden/Endotoxin/Sterility) (HLAGADAE)

Keywords

• Life science products
• Biopharmaceutical manufacturing
• Lab filtration supplies
• Contract testing services
• Analytical chemistry reagents

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Sale of life science products including chemicals, solvents, filtration equipment, labware, reference materials, cell culture media, antibodies, oligonucleotides, peptides, and instruments. One-time purchase model for most products with repeat purchase patterns for consumables.
2. Contract Services: CTDMO (Contract Testing, Development, and Manufacturing Organization) services and contract testing services through BioReliance brand for pharma and biopharma applications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MilliporeSigma is a life science company that manufactures and sells more than 200,000 products spanning filtration, chromatography, water purification, cell culture, molecular biology, analytical chemistry, and reference materials, and offers CTDMO (Contract Testing, Development, and Manufacturing Organization) and contract testing services through its BioReliance brand. It distributes its portfolio through the direct e-commerce storefront sigmaaldrich.com alongside inside sales and consultative service teams serving pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, academic, and industrial laboratory customers.

Product overview

MilliporeSigma is a life science company offering a comprehensive portfolio of products and services organized under multiple sub-brands. The core offerings include Millipore® for Expert Pharma/BioPharma Products and CTDMO Services, Sigma-Aldrich® for Lab and Production Materials, SAFC® for Pharma and Biopharma Raw Material Solutions, Supelco® for Analytical Products, Milli-Q® for Lab Water Solutions, and BioReliance® for Contract Testing Services. The product portfolio spans laboratory filtration products (Millex® Syringe Filters, Millipore® Filter Membranes), protein biology tools (Amicon® Centrifugals), cell culture products, molecular biology reagents (Oligos, qPCR probes & Peptides), monoclonal antibodies, certified reference materials, pathogen screening solutions, and greener alternative products. The company operates through a multi-brand architecture where each sub-brand addresses specific market segments from pharmaceutical manufacturing to laboratory research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Millipore®: Expert Pharma / BioPharma Products & CTDMO Services
• Sigma-Aldrich®
• SAFC®
• Supelco®
• Milli-Q®
• BioReliance®

Products and services

• Millex Syringe Filters

Quantifiable outcome

• Access to 200,000+ products through single platform
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CorningminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorning glass vials featured in product imagery on website, indicating distribution partnership for laboratory glassware and cell culture products.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Charles River Laboratories: Charles River is a contract research organization offering preclinical and manufacturing services that overlap with portions of BioReliance's contract testing portfolio. While focused more on early-stage research, both serve biopharma development customers.
• Repligen Corporation: Repligen specializes in bioprocessing products including filtration and chromatography, directly overlapping with MilliporeSigma's millipore-brand bioprocess offerings. It is a smaller specialist competing for share in the same biomanufacturing customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Danaher Corporation: Danaher owns Cytiva and Pall, making it a direct competitor in bioprocessing filtration and single-use technologies. As a diversified life sciences conglomerate, it competes across bioprocess consumables and instruments overlapping with MilliporeSigma's Millipore and BioReliance offerings.

Direct peers

• Lonza Group: Lonza is one of the world's largest CDMOs for biologics and cell/gene therapies, competing directly with MilliporeSigma's BioReliance CTDMO services. Both serve pharma customers seeking outsourced manufacturing and testing for complex biologics.
• Waters Corporation: Waters is a leading analytical instrument and chromatography consumables supplier, directly competing with Supelco-branded MilliporeSigma offerings. Both companies target pharmaceutical QA/QC and academic analytical chemistry customers.
• Sartorius AG: Sartorius is a leading bioprocessing equipment and consumables supplier, competing directly with MilliporeSigma in filtration, cell culture media, and biomanufacturing solutions. Both companies serve the same mAb and vaccine manufacturing customers with overlapping product portfolios.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher is the largest direct competitor across life science tools, bioproduction, and CDMO services. Through its Patheon CDMO and biosciences offerings, it competes head-on with MilliporeSigma's CTDMO, filtration, chromatography, and lab products portfolios serving pharma and academic customers.
• Agilent Technologies: Agilent competes with MilliporeSigma's Supelco analytical chemistry brand in chromatography columns, certified reference materials, and analytical instruments. Both serve analytical testing labs and pharmaceutical QC customers.
• Bio-Rad Laboratories: Bio-Rad is a direct competitor in life science research products including chromatography, molecular biology reagents, and clinical diagnostics. It competes for similar academic, biotech, and pharma research customers across protein biology and analytical workflows.
• Cytiva (Danaher): Cytiva provides chromatography resins, filtration, and bioprocessing equipment that directly overlap with MilliporeSigma's Millipore-brand offerings. MilliporeSigma's website even features Cytiva products as a Premier Partner, evidencing both competitive and partnership overlap.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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