Was Aldrich Chemical Company Inc, Now Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, purchases, and distributes a range of chemicals, biochemicals, and equipment worldwide. Its chemical products and kits are used in scientific research, including genomic and proteomic research, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical development; and as key components in pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and other high technology manufacturing. The company offers biological buffers, cell culture reagents, solvents, and other reagents and kits. It also sells organic chemicals, analytical reagents, chromatography and other laboratory consumables, reference materials, and high-purity products. In addition, the company supplies immunochemical, molecular biology, cell biology, proteomic, genomic, transgenic, and other life science products to academic, government, industrial, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical research customers; and organic chemicals and biochemicals used in development and production by pharmaceutical, biotechnology, industrial, diagnostic, and electronics companies. Sigma-Aldrich sells its products to universities, pharmaceutical companies, commercial laboratories, industrial companies, non-profit organizations, governmental institutions, and hospitals, as well as biotechnology, diagnostic, chemical, and electronics companies. The company was founded in 1951 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.
