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Sigma-Aldrich Corporation NASDAQ: SIAL, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a supplier of reagents and materials for use in research and development, diagnostics and analysis. They have facilities in 36.5 countries and manufacture many of the chemicals they sell.
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Sigma-Aldrich Executives
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jai Nagarkatti | President and CEO |
| Mike Hogan | Chief Financial Officer |
| Carl Turze | Chief Information Officer |
| David Harvey | Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| Giles Couttier | President, Research Essentials |
| David Julien | President, Research Specialties |
| David Smoller | President, Research Biotech |
| Frank Wicks | President, SAFC |
| Doug Rau | Vice President, Human Resources |
| Gerrit Van den Dool | Vice President, Sales |
| Steve Walton | Vice President, Quality and Safety |
| Karen Miller | Controller |
| Kirk Richter | Treasurer |
| Rich Keffer | General Counsel and Secretary |
Sigma-Aldrich has a variety of product lines, each offered under separate branding.
The Aldrich Logo
Aldrich is a supplier in the research and fine chemicals market. Aldrich provides materials for drug discovery, materials science and chemical synthesis. Aldrich is well known among research chemists for having a wide selection of products. Their trademark "Sure-Seal" bottle, which incorporates a PTFE-lined septum inside a crown cap, allows the contents to be easily dispensed under an atmosphere of inert gas. Also, the Aldrich "Atmos Bag", is a sealable glove bag which enables the user to handle materials that are air and moisture sensitive in an inert atmosphere, such as nitrogen. Aldrich's chemicals catalog, the "Aldrich Catalog and Handbook" is often used as a handbook due to the inclusion of structures, physical data, and literature references. Many students use it as a reference book, especially undergraduates, as it is offered free by request.
The Sigma Logo
Sigma is the Sigma-Aldrich's main biochemical supplier, with offerings including antibiotics, buffers, carbohydrates, enzymes, forensic tools, hematology and histology, nucleotides, proteins, peptides, amino acids and their derivatives.
The Sigma RBI Logo
Sigma RBI produces specialized products for use in the field of cell signaling and neuroscience. Their offerings range from standard biochemical reagents to the latest cutting–edge research tools, including new ligands for receptors and ion channels, novel enzyme inhibitors, phosphospecific antibodies, key signal transduction enzymes, and assay kits for cell signaling.
The ISOTEC Logo
ISOTEC provides isotopically labeled products for protein structure determination, peptide synthesis, proteomics, metabolic research, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance, breath test substrates, agriculture, as well as gas and gas mixes.
The Fluka/Riedel Logo
Fluka Riedel-de Haën works in the field of analytical chemistry, biochemistry and organic chemistry.
The Supelco Logo
Supelco is the analytical and chromotography products branch of Sigma-Aldrich. It provides analytical standards and reagents, vials and syringes, biocides, and sample preparation/purification products.
The SAFC Logo
Sigma-Aldrich Fine Chemicals (SAFC) is the extremely-fine chemical supply branch of Sigma-Aldrich.
Sigma Life Science provides products such as custom DNA/RNA oligos; custom DNA and LNA probes; siRNA; isotopically-labelled peptides and peptide libraries.