PMC Isochem is a French chemical company established in 1974 that specialises in custom chemical synthesis.

History

In 1974, Isochem was established in Gennevilliers. Later, a site was opened in Pithiviers (formerly Agrifarm) in central France in 1977. The company was audited and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1979 for the first time. In its early days, Isochem concentrated on the extraction and

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of natural substances, such as quinine. In the 1990s, Isochem collaborated with Groupe SNPE (Société Nationale des Poudres et Explosifs) to undertake processes such as

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. Isochem joined the Groupe SNPE, a French holding company that manufactures

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s in 1990. It later acquired the

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site (formerly IRCHA Fine Chemicals and Propeptide) in 1991 and the Hungarian subsidiary Framochem in 2003. Isochem was acquired by the German industrial holding company Aurelius AG in 2010. Isochem acquired Wychem (United Kingdom) in 2012. Isochem sold its Framochem subsidiary in 2014 and its Wychem subsidiary in 2016. In 2017, PMC Group France, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PMC Group International Inc., announced the acquisition of Isochem. This resulted in the name change to PMC Isochem.

Industrial sites

Isochem runs sites at

with a head office and

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chemistry; Gennevilliers, with

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; Pithiviers for hydrogenation under pressure and waste processing; and

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for agrochemicals. Most of the sites have a

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team.

References

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External links

Official website
Chemical companies of France Companies based in Île-de-France French companies established in 1974