Since 1981, Millipore Corporation has supplied immunological reagents to the biomedical research community. In 1992, it expanded into the area of diagnostic kits and reagents by supplying immunodiagnostic products for antigen detection of infectious disease. The company offers a line of molecular biology products designed for research and clinical applications. Millipore provides products and services to the research, diagnostic and the pharmaceutical communities. It develops, manufactures, markets and distributes more than 6,000 products for scientific disciplines including neuroscience, adhesion, apoptosis, cell signaling and infectious disease. The company employs professionals ranging from laboratory technicians to Ph.D. scientists and business personnel. The corporate facility in Temecula, Calif., consists of 84,700 square feet and maintains the central operation including research and development, manufacturing, operations, sales, marketing and administration. Millipore markets products with a sales team in North America and with distributors throughout the world. The company maintains state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in the United States, Australia and England.