VWR International was founded by George Van Waters and Nat Rogers as a chemical company in the 1920’s.
In 1995 Merck, a German pharmaceutical company, purchased VWR and merged it with Merck Eurolab, thereby creating a global laboratory distributor. In 2007 the company was sold to the private equity company Madison Dearborn Partners.
Today VWR International is a global distributor of scientific and technology laboratory supplies, including instruments, glassware, chemicals, protective clothing, and production replies. The company has operations in 35 countries.
In October of 2014 VWR went public with a $536 million Initial Public Offering.
VWR International is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol VWR, is #583 in the Fortune 1000, has 8,500 employees, and had $4.33 billion in revenue in 2013.
VWR InternationalVWR International was founded by George Van Waters and Nat Rogers as a chemical company in the 1920’s.
In 1995 Merck, a German pharmaceutical company, purchased VWR and merged it with Merck Eurolab, thereby creating a global laboratory distributor. In 2007 the company was sold to the private equity company Madison Dearborn Partners.
Today VWR International is a global distributor of scientific and technology laboratory supplies, including instruments, glassware, chemicals, protective clothing, and production replies. The company has operations in 35 countries.
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In October of 2014 VWR went public with a $536 million Initial Public Offering.
VWR International is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol VWR, is #583 in the Fortune 1000, has 8,500 employees, and had $4.33 billion in revenue in 2013.