Merck Opens First Liquid Crystals Application Lab in China

28-Nov-2011 - China

Merck KGaA announced the official opening of its first liquid crystals application laboratory in China. The laboratory is located in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, and occupies an area of 300 square meters. It is aimed at providing flat panel display manufacturers in the Chinese market with comprehensive technological support and customer services.

Senior executives from Merck headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, including Executive Board Member Bernd Reckmann and Head of the Performance Materials division Walter Galinat, as well as Managing Director of Merck Chemicals China, Alasdair Jelfs, helped to cut the ribbon for the new application laboratory.

Reckmann explained, “The Merck Group considers the Chinese market to be highly important. We expect Merck’s growth to accelerate over the next five years, especially with regard to liquid crystal materials.”

“Merck’s growth has always gone hand-in-hand with trends in the market,” said Jelfs. “According to the Display Search market research institute, it is expected that over the next several years, China’s production of LCD panels will significantly rise due to the investment boom. Following in the footsteps of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, China will become another key market in which Merck has established a liquid crystals application laboratory.”

Galinat added, “Merck is the globally leading supplier of liquid crystal materials for electro-optical applications and will doubtlessly grow with the Chinese market, which is increasingly gaining in strength.”

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