Merck KGaA vs Solvay S.A.
Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.
Merck KGaA is the older of the two, founded in 1668 — 195 years before Solvay S.A..
- Founded
- 1668
- 1863
- Status
- Active
- Active
- Headquarters
- Darmstadt, Germany
- Brussels, Belgium
- Industry
- chemical industry
- chemical industry
- Founders
- Friedrich Jacob Merck, Heinrich Emanuel Merck, Carl Merck, Wilhelm Merck, Georg Merck
- Ernest Solvay, Alfred Solvay
- Employees
- 56,000
- 9,000
- Legal form
- partnership limited by shares
- Public limited company (Belgium)
- Listed on
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- Euronext Brussels
Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Merck KGaA and Solvay S.A..