High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! EMD Millipore, also known as Merck Millipore outside the United States and Canada, was founded in 1954, listed among the S&P 500 since the early 1990s, is an international biosciences company, known widely for its micrometer pore-size filters and tests. Millipore is organized into the Bioprocess division which makes filters and equipment used during the production of biologics, and the Bioscience division which makes products for customer laboratories.