Editing Merck Group (section)

===Acquisition history===
The following is an illustration of the company's mergers, acquisitions, [[Corporate spin-off|spin-offs]] and historical predecessors:
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* '''Merck Group'''
** [[MilliporeSigma]]
*** [[Merck Millipore]]
**** [[Merck Serono]]
***** Merck <small>(Founded 1668 by Jacob Friedrich Merck)</small>
***** [[Serono]] <small>(Acq 2006)</small>
**** [[Millipore Corporation]] <small>(Acq 2010)</small>
***** Waters Associates Inc <small>(Acq 1979)</small>
***** Waters Chromatography Division <small>(Sold 1994)</small>
***** Amicon Separation Sciences <small>(Acq 1996)</small>
***** Tylan General <small>(Acq 1997)</small>
***** Bioprocessing Ltd <small>(Acq 1999)</small>
***** Microelectronics Division <small>(Spun off 2001 as Mykrolis)</small>
***** MicroSafe <small>(Acq 2005)</small>
***** NovAseptic <small>(Acq 2005)</small>
***** Newport Bio Systems <small>(Acq 2006)</small>
***** Serologicals Corporation <small>(Acq 2006)</small>
***** Guava Technologies <small>(Acq 2009)</small>
***** BioAnaLab <small>(Acq 2009)</small>
**** [[AZ Electronic Materials]] <small>(Acq 2013)</small>
*** [[Sigma-Aldrich]] <small>(Acq 2014)</small>
**** Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
***** Aldrich Chemical Co. <small>(Merged 1975)</small>
***** Sigma International Ltd <small>(Merged 1975)</small>
**** Ultrafine <small>(Acq 2004)</small>
**** JRH Biosciences <small>(Acq 2005)</small>
**** Proligo Group <small>(Acq 2005)</small>
**** Beijing Superior Chemicals and Instruments Co <small>(Acq 2006)</small>
**** Iropharm <small>(Acq 2006)</small>
**** Pharmorphix Ltd <small>(Acq 2006)</small>
**** Advanced Separation Technologies <small>(Acq 2006)</small>
**** Epichem Group Ltd <small>(Acq 2007)</small>
**** Molecular Medicine BioServices <small>(Acq 2007)</small>
**** BioReliance <small>(Acq 2012)</small>
*** BioControl Systems Inc. <small>(Acq 2017)</small>
*** Natrix Separations <small>(Acq 2017)</small>
*** AmpTec <small>(Acq 2021)</small>
*** Erbi Biosystems <small>(Acq 2022)</small>
*** [[Mirus Bio]] <small>(Acq 2024)</small>
** [[Versum Materials]] <small>(Acq 2019)</small>
*** Dynaloy <small>(Acq 2017)</small>
** Intermolecular Inc <small>(Acq 2019)</small>
** Chord Therapeutics <small>(Acq 2021)</small>
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