Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany is a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials. The company has six businesses – Biopharmaceuticals, Consumer Health, Allergopharma, Biosimilars, Life Science and Performance Materials – and generated sales of €12.85 billion in 2015. Around 50,000 employees work in 66 countries to improve the quality of life for patients, to foster the success of customers and to help meet global challenges.


Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is the world’s oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company – since 1668, the company has stood for innovation, business success and responsible entrepreneurship. Holding an approximately 70 percent interest, the founding family remains the majority owner of the company to this day. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany holds the global rights to the name and the trademark "Merck" internationally except for the United States and Canada, where the company operates as EMD Serono, MilliporeSigma and EMD Performance Materials.

The STOCKMEIER Group is known throughout Europe as a reliable supplier of chemical products. By upholding this aspiration, it has grown from a regional trading company to an international group with over 1,300 employees. Today the STOCKMEIER Group is made up of companies that provide distribution, manufacturing and various services related to chemicals – in 44 locations around the world. Today, Peter Stockmeier leads the family business in the third generation. Sustainable and long-term relationships to customers and suppliers are a main building block of success. As well as the engagement of the employees. The STOCKMEIER Group offers apprentices jobs in various departments for decades. Furthermore STOCKMEIER supports scientific projects of young talents, e.g. in the framework of iGEM.