DARMSTADT, Germany: This Christmas, as consumers around the world hope Santa will give them a smartphone, TV or tablet computer, few people know that the lowly carrot inspired the liquid crystals at the core of such hi-tech gadgets.
And the world’s leading supplier of liquid crystals is a German company, the world’s oldest chemicals and pharmaceuticals maker, Merck KGaA in the western city of Darmstadt.
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