what kind of company is KGaA
Merck KGaA is a German multinational chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences company headquartered in Darmstadt, with around 40,000 employees in around 70 countries.erck's current EMD (an abbreviation of Emanuel Merck, Darmstadt) logo used in the U.S. and Canada. In 1891, Georg(e) Merck established himself in the United States and set up Merck & Co. in New York. Merck & Co. was confiscated following the First World War. and set up as an independent company in the United States.