Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Rhone-Poulenc Rorer

From Graces Guide

1990 Rorer Group, of Fort Washington, Pa., agreed in principle to merge with the pharmaceutical operations of Rhone-Poulenc, France's largest chemicals and drugs company. In a deal that valued Rorer at $3.2 billion, the merger would create one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Western Europe.

The new company would take in all of Rorer, and nearly all of Rhone-Poulenc's worldwide human pharmaceutical operations, excluding its serums and vaccines business.[1]


1982 Revlon Manufacturing Co Ltd was registered. The company had a factory at Eastbourne

1986 Name change to Revlon Factory Ltd, which was then acquired by Rorer.

1991 Rorer Factory Ltd became part of Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Holdings Ltd

Also see Rorer Health Care


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Sources of Information

  1. Chem. Eng. News 1990, 68, 5, 4