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Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science (75%) and High Technology (25%) company with $1.2 billion in annual sales. Our biochemical and organic chemical products and kits are used in scientific and genomic research, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and chemical manufacturing. We have customers in life science companies, university and government institutions, non-profit organizations, hospitals and in industry. Over one million scientists and technologists use our products. Sigma-Aldrich operates in 33 countries and has 6,500 employees providing excellent service worldwide. Who We Are With over 85,000 unique products, 40,000 of which we make ourselves, Sigma-Aldrich is unequaled as a manufacturer and supplier of Life Science and High Technology products to customers worldwide. And we continue to add over 5,000 new products each year. We are the leading supplier in the Life Science market with one of the strongest collections of varied Biotechnology capabilities. In High Technology, we're also a leader and our products have a very wide range of chemical applications. Overall, we have unrivaled scientific knowledge. Our Business Divisions Sigma-Aldrich is organized in four divisions to best serve our customers. The divisions are closely interrelated in their activities, and, they're all supported by our centralized Finance, Information Systems, Human Resources, Quality and Safety and Compliance departments. Indeed, we're a very integrated company. Scientific Research We are the world's leading supplier of high quality research chemicals and products for use in traditional Life Science and specialty High Technology applications. Almost three-quarters of the sales come from biochemicals, organic chemicals, reagents and other products used by customers for fundamental Life Science research. The remaining quarter of sales result mainly from complex and very pure organic and inorganic chemicals and analytical reagents used in High Technology research. Our Scientific Research division operates in about two-thirds of the $7.5 billion total worldwide chemical research market. We have major production facilities in the USA, Europe and Israel to develop and supply our wide range of products. Overall, scientific research would be unthinkable without the products provided by our Sigma, Aldrich, Fluka and Riedel-de Haën brands. We are the world market leader in biochemicals such as enzymes, buffers and carbohydrates and the clear dominant supplier in organics. With the largest range of biochemicals and organic chemicals, we intend to maintain our leadership position by aggressively adding new products to further widen the gap with our competitors. 
Biotechnology Sigma-Aldrich is a major supplier of biochemicals and kits for Biotechnology, Genomics and Proteomics research applications - especially in the important areas of Molecular Biology, Cell Signaling and Neuroscience, Immunochemistry and Cell Culture. Our Biotechnology division operates in the other third of the $7.5 billion total worldwide research chemical market. In Molecular Biology, the study of life at the DNA level, we are becoming an important player as we introduce many new and exciting products for DNA isolation, amplification, detection, sequencing and expression. Sigma-Genosys is a major player in the production of “synthetic” DNA-essential in Molecular Biology research- and has facilities in many countries. In Cell Signaling and Neuroscience, the study of brain function, we hold a clear leadership position. Sigma-RBI supplies very complex molecules used to study how cells communicate with one another. We are a leading supplier of immunochemicals, which are produced in animals, in the laboratory by growing cells or by genetic engineering. Immunochemicals are used to identify, measure and isolate biological products such as cells, hormones and proteins. Excellent production facilities in the USA and Israel enable us to keep pace with the demand in this growing area. Cell Culture is another area where we are a major supplier. These products are used to grow animal, plant and insect cells in the laboratory. Our plants in the USA and Scotland produce a wide range of products. In the areas of analysis and purification, our Supelco brand chromatography products are used extensively in Life Science research and also in High Technology applications. With the broadest range of Biotechnology capabilities, we intend to become an even stronger player in the future. Fine Chemicals We are an important supplier of larger-scale organic chemicals (60% of sales) and biochemicals (40% of sales) used in development and production by Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Diagnostic and High Technology companies. Over 75% of our Fine Chemicals sales are used in the development and production of products for the treatment and diagnosis of disease. These Life Science applications are becoming even more "biotech" as companies exploit the Human Genome knowledge. As a supplier to this industry, we are unique in our ability to deliver an extensive range of complex organic chemicals plus the widest variety of biochemicals. The other 25% of our Fine Chemicals sales are for High Technology applications, mainly to industrial chemical customers. In this area, our chemicals are used for a very diverse range of applications in electronics, batteries, specialized dyes and stains and fuel cells, among others. We have excellent large-scale organic chemical manufacturing sites in the USA, UK, Germany and Switzerland. Our biochemical plants, especially for Buffers and Cell Culture, are located in the USA and UK. All sites have good quality systems. Overall, in the $50 billion worldwide Fine Chemical market, over half of which is for Pharmaceutical applications, there are no clear-cut leaders. In fact, we rank in the top 25. So, with a range of products second-to-none, it's a market that presents tremendous opportunities.
Diagnostics We are a supplier of reagents and instruments for specific disease testing, mainly focused on clinical chemistry, with special emphasis on cardiac profiling and coagulation. We supply customers in hospitals, doctors' offices, commercial laboratories and universities with both instruments and reagents for many tests. The acquisitions in 2000 of First Medical, maker of a point-of-care system to detect heart attacks, and Amelung, a manufacturer of coagulation analyzers, enable us to be a more focused player in the $20 billion world diagnostics market. Sigma-Aldrich Life Science and High Technology define the activities of Sigma-Aldrich and its customers. Our aim is simple: to continue to lead in our areas of strength and to achieve leadership in new markets.
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20 % Biotechnology
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% Fine Chemicals
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Diagnostics