EMD Chemicals

EMD Chemicals Inc., headquartered in Gibbstown, N.J., is an international organization serving the global market by providing specialty chemicals for pharmaceutical, biotech, cosmetic, automotive, plastics and various industrial applications. Our sister company, EMD Crop BioScience Inc. located in Milwaukee, Wis., specializes in plant growth enhancement products for agricultural applications, including the Optimize® product line.

As the North American affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, EMD Chemicals shares in more than 340 years of experience and excellence in the development and manufacture of specialty chemicals. Merck KGaA is a global pharmaceutical and chemical company with total revenues of € 7.6 billion in 2008, a history that began in 1668 and a future shaped by 32,700 employees in 60 countries. In 1917, the U.S. subsidiary Merck & Co. was expropriated and has been an independent company ever since. The origins of EMD Chemicals trace back to 1970 when Mer... [Details]