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Merck KGaA

Cosmetic  ingredients  from  Merck:  Merck  is  a  leading  manufacturer of ingredients  for  the  cosmetic industry. Apart from color effect pigments, the company offers customers functional skin care and protection solutions. In  particular,  effect  pigments  and  functional fillers are used in many cosmetic  products  and  packaging in order to provide color, luster, gloss and  other  effects  and  to strengthen brand identity. Merck offers a wide range of active ingredients used in skin care cosmetics to protect the skin against UV radiation and premature aging.

About  Merck:  Merck  is  a global pharmaceutical and chemical company with total revenues of € 10.3 billion in 2011, a history that began in 1668, and a  future shaped by more than 40,000 employees in 67 countries. Its success is  characterized  by  innovations  from entrepreneurial employees. Merck's operating  activities  come  under the umbrella of Merck KGaA, in which the Merck  family  holds an approximately 70% interest and shareholders own the remaining  approximately  30%.  In 1917 the U.S. subsidiary Merck & Co. was expropriated and has been an independent company ever since.

More information on the products can be found at www.merck4cosmetics.com