Merck Millipore India &Toshvin Analytical

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Merck Millipore India Announces its Partnership with Toshvin Analytical Pvt. Ltd. for Lab Water Purification Systems

Merck Millipore India Privte Limited (MMIPL), a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced its partnership with Toshvin Analytical Pvt. Ltd. (Toshvin) to enhance capabilities and provide comprehensive services through their laboratory water purification system to customers in the Western and Central regions of India. The Merck Millipore water purification systems, namely Elix® and Milli-Q®, are designed to produce pure and ultrapure water purification solutions for high end research and pharmaceutical industries. The partnership is expected to build Merck Millipore’s brand of laboratory water purification systems in these regions.

Commenting on this partnership, Mr. Vivek A. Parachur, Director Lab Water, MMIPL said, “With over two decades of expertise in providing pure water solutions to laboratories across India, Merck Millipore has a dedicated service network that offers comprehensive after sales and validation support to customers. In Toshvin Analytical, we have found a partner that is aligned with our business strategy. Toshvin’s experience and customer orientation will enable us to provide wide-ranging support to our customers in Western and Central India”.

With Toshvin as a strategic channel partner for sales and service in Maharashtra (except Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Patalganga) and Andhra Pradesh (except Hyderabad and Secunderabad), Merck Millipore will be able to provide customers with an enhanced service offering.

Mr. Nakul Toshniwal, Managing Director – Toshvin Analytical Pvt. Ltd. further added, “We are pleased to enter into this parternship with Merck Millipore, the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of laboratory water purification systems. Toshvin is a pioneer and a leading player in this sector; having introduced analytical instruments to India over sixty years ago. With our strong presence in the analytical instrumentation industry, commitment to after sales support  and experience in the laboratory water purification area, we look forward to expanding Millipore’s customer base and supporting existing users of Millipore systems in the western and central regions.”

About Toshvin Analytical Pvt. Ltd.

Toshvin Analytical Pvt. Ltd. is one of the leading companies in India in the field of analytical and laboratory instrumentation. Established in 1948 as Toshniwal Brothers Pvt. Ltd., Toshvin has been at the forefront of bringing the latest, most sophisticated range of instruments to Indian companies from leading manufacturers around the world. Headquartered in Mumbai, Toshvin represents leading international instrument and accessories manufacturers in India in the areas of analytical and laboratory instruments, microbiology testing instruments, as well as chromatography and spectroscopy accessories and consumables. With a network of 14 sales and service offices nationwide, a strong commitment to after-sales support, over 60 yrs experience in understanding and meeting customer requirements and sustained focus on customer satisfaction, has enabled Toshvin to build a loyal base of customers across the country.

About Merck Millipore

Merck Millipore is the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Germany and offers a broad range of innovative, performance products, services and business relationships that enable our customers’ success in research, development and production of biotech and pharmaceutical drug therapies. Through dedicated collaboration on new scientific and engineering insights, and as one of the top three R&D investors in the Life Science Tools industry, Merck Millipore serves as a strategic partner to customers and helps advance the promise of life science. Headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, the division has around 10,000 employees, operations in 66 countries and 2012 revenues of EUR 2.6 billion. Merck Millipore operates as EMD Millipore in the U.S. and Canada.

About Merck

Merck is a leading pharmaceutical, chemical and life science company with total revenues of EUR 11.2 billion in 2012, a history that began in 1668, and a future shaped by approximately 38,000 employees in 66 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. (For more information, please log on to www.merck.de)

Merck in India

Merck Limited (formerly E. Merck Limited) was set up in India as the first Merck subsidiary in Asia in 1967. The Merck Group has been operating in India through appointed agents since a little before the turn of the twentieth century. The Company operates both its Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals businesses in the country. Merck was also the first Merck Group Company to go public in the year 1981. The Merck Group now holds 51.8% of the share capital in Merck Limited, while the remaining 48.2% is traded on the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. Merck Specialities Pvt. Ltd., the wholly owned Indian subsidiary of Merck KGaA, was incorporated in 2005. In 2009, Merck acquired Bangalore Genei to become one of the leading bioscience entities in India. (For more details, please visit www.merck.co.in)