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Production and Sourcing Sigma-Aldrich produces and supplies more biochemicals and organic chemicals than any other company in the world. Of our 85,000 products, 40,000 (55% of sales) are produced and 45,000 (45% of sales) purchased.
We have excellent major organic chemical and biochemical manufacturing plants at 29 locations and R&D facilities and quality control laboratories in 8 countries (Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan, Switzerland, UK and USA). Many plants are multipurpose and make products for several divisions. Regarding new plants, we will continue to add facilities that clearly focus on Life Science and High Technology. Purchasing 45,000 products is no minor task. And here, we have the best sourcing capabilities in the world. Our "CHESS" database, developed in-house, with over 250,000 products and 10,000 suppliers, is an invaluable tool. It also helps us find products not listed by us for our Fine Chemicals division customers. Handling so many products requires close collaboration between our purchasing, production and analytical departments worldwide. 
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