Merck KGaA

History

YearDetail
1668 MERCK KGAA was founded.
1827 The transformation from pharmacy handcraft to a research-based industrial company. 
1832 Merck expanded its business to Asia.
1845 Merck expanded its business to North America.
1851 Merck expanded its business to South America.
1867 Merck expanded its business to Africa.
1879 Merck expanded its business to Australia.
1904 Established a new Factory at n Frankfurter Strasse, Darmstadt.
1995 Establishment of Merck KGaA and public listing.
2007 Merck succeeds with the transformational Serono acquisition.
2010 Millipore Corporation was acquired by Merck and became part of the company’s life science tools division.
2015 Merck announced the completion of its $17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich.