Millipore is a multinational, high technology bioscience company that provides technologies, tools and services for the development and production of new therapeutic drugs. The company, headquartered in Billerica, Mass.,USA, serves the worldwide life science research, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Millipore employs 4,200 people in 10 manufacturing plants and more than 31 offices around the world.

Mission and Vision

Millipore exists to provide technology, tools and services for the development and production of new therapies and drugs that will enable people to live longer, healthier lives. Our vision is to become the partner of choice for critical tools, technology and services used in the discovery, development and manufacture of new therapeutic compounds.

Millipore serves the biosciences market, defined as research and manufacturing within the areas of genomics, proteomics, drug discovery, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. Several thousand devices, products and systems serve the 500,000 laboratories around the world, as well as the 2,500 major biotechnology, pharmaceutical and contract manufacturing companies. Millipore technology is used for a wide range of applications, from protein sample preparation to vaccine sterilization to monoclonal antibody production. Recent new products include new versions of MultiScreen membrane-based multi-well plates for molecular biology applications, and Opticap cartridges for biotechnology drug manufacturing. Millipore lab water systems are essential to research and analytical laboratory work, and are the product of choice in laboratories worldwide.