MERCK CO LTD

Company Profile:

Merck Ltd. (Thailand) is the Thai subsidiary of Merck KGaA, a prominent global science and technology company headquartered in Germany. The company operates across three main business sectors: Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. In Thailand, Merck is primarily involved in the marketing, sales, and distribution of its diverse portfolio of products. This includes innovative pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter medicines, high-quality tools and services for scientific research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, and advanced materials used in various industries. Merck's mission is to solve the toughest problems in science and improve lives worldwide.

Company Classification: Trading Company (Distributor)

Explanation: While its global parent organization, Merck KGaA, is a major manufacturer and developer of a wide array of scientific and technological products, Merck Ltd. (Thailand) primarily functions as a trading company and distributor. It is responsible for the import, promotion, and sale of products manufactured by its global affiliates to customers throughout Thailand. It typically does not operate large-scale manufacturing facilities for the primary production of these goods within Thailand itself.

Merck Ltd. in Thailand (which is part of the Merck Group, a German science and technology company, distinct from Merck & Co., Inc. known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada) offers or sells products primarily across three sectors: Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics.

The products and services portfolio generally includes:

**Life Science**

* Chemicals and Reagents for laboratory and industrial use

* Products for Analytical Chemistry, Cell Culture & Analysis, Clinical & Diagnostics, Filtration

* Labware and Lab Automation equipment

* Materials Science and Molecular Biology products

* Water Purification systems and products

* Specific product lines like:

* Sigma-Aldrich (reagents and chemicals)

* Millipore (filtration, cell culture, water purification)

**Healthcare**

* Pharmaceuticals for various therapeutic areas, often supplied to hospitals and institutions.

* Focus areas typically include:

* Oncology

* Neurology & Immunology

* Fertility

* Endocrinology

* General Medicine

**Electronics**

* Materials and solutions for the electronics industry, such as:

* Thin Films

* Optronics

* Formulations

* Specialty Gases