Revenue growth 1998 to 1999: Americas, 10%; Europe, (2)%; Asia/ Pacific, 29%.

Revenue growth 1998 to 1999, local currency: Americas, 10%; Europe, 2%; Asia/Pacific, 14%.

> Key milestones were achieved in three subsidiaries: Millipore France, 35th Anniversary; Millipore Australia, 25th Anniversary; Millipore Czech Republic, 5th Anniversary.

> Millipore acquired Bioprocessing Corporation Limited, a private UK-based company that develops and manufactures chromatographic media for the purification of proteins.

> CIO™ Magazine cited Millipore as “one of the 100 firms most likely to excel in the 21st Century because of innovative practices that leverage people and technology.”

> Millipore launched its online store in the U.S. where customers can purchase and pay for the company’s laboratory consumable products from its website.

> U.S. President Bill Clinton named Millipore employee Tom Britton to the Chair of the Commission on Presidential Scholars, which recognizes and honors the most distinguished graduating high school seniors in the United States

> Millipore employees Wilson Moya and Joe Zahka received the company’s highest honor for technical accomplishment, the Jack Bush Award for Innovation, for their development of QuickChange®, the first non-dewetting PTFE filter on the market used in semiconductor manufacturing. The award is named for Millipore’s late founder.

> The European Shared Services Center, for finance and administrative functions, opened in Entzeim, France.

> Millipore’s manufacturing facility in Yonezawa, Japan achieved ISO 14001 certification — the Environmental Management Standard.

> Millipore’s manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China achieved ISO 9002 certification.

> Millipore’s manufacturing operations worldwide continued to improve their efficiencies and exceed environmental milestones. In 1999, 40 percent of the solid waste generated was recycled. Since 1990, all manufacturing plants worldwide have reduced the total amount of chemical emissions by more than 72 percent.