Isochem

French chemical company

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PMC Isochem

Company type| S.A.S
Industry| Chemicals and speciality products
Founded| 1974
Headquarters| Vert-le-Petit, France

Key people

| Björn Schlosser (CEO)
Products| Chemicals

Number of employees

| 330 (2016)
Subsidiaries|

* Framochem (Hongrie)
* Wychem (Grande-Bretagne)
* Isochem Gmbh (Allemagne)

Website| www.isochem.eu

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

## History

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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 semisynthesis 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 phosgenation.[1] Isochem joined the Groupe SNPE, a French holding company that manufactures explosives in 1990. It later acquired the Vert-le-Petit 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.[2][3][4] Isochem sold its Framochem subsidiary in 2014 and its Wychem subsidiary in 2016.[5]

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.[6]

## Industrial sites

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Isochem runs sites at Vert-le-Petit with a head office and phosgene chemistry; Gennevilliers, with fractional distillation; Pithiviers for hydrogenation under pressure and waste processing;[7][8] and Pont de Claix for agrochemicals. Most of the sites have a research and development team.[9]

## References

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1. ^ Phosgene Futures, Specialty Chemicals, November 2011.
2. ^ "PMC Isochem Acquires Wychem | Mergr M&A Deal Summary". mergr.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
3. ^ [1] Archived February 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Isochem rachète la société britannique Wychem, Industrie Pharma, 2013.
4. ^ [2], Isochem renforce son offre en chimie fine et s'implante en Grande-Bretagne, Usine Nouvelle, 2013.
5. ^ "VanDeMark Acquires Framochem Kft". mergr.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
6. ^ "PMC Group International Announces Acquisition of Pharma Company in France". www.businesswire.com. December 5, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
7. ^ La Société Isochem à la pointe du traitement des déchets, Le Courrier du Loiret, 3439, November 29, 2012.
8. ^ Isochem vise l'autonomie totale - Traitement des rejets, La République - Pithiviers, 29 novembre 2012.
9. ^ Paugam, Mikaël (2011). "Phosgene-triphosgene Different approach in risk management?". Isochem. 29 (4). Vert-le-Petit, France: Tekno Scienze Publisher: 58–60\. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014.

## External links

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* Official website