Poulenc Frères
Poulenc Frères branch store at 11 rue de Cluny, Paris, opened in 1886 | |
| Industry | Pharmaceuticals |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1881 |
| Defunct | 1928 |
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | Rhône-Poulenc |
| Headquarters | France |
Poulenc Frères (French: [pulɛ̃k]; Poulenc Brothers) was a French chemical, pharmaceutical and photographic supplies company that had its origins in a Paris pharmacy founded in 1827. From 1852 it began to manufacture (or package) photographic chemicals. It took the name Poulenc Frères in 1881, and by 1900 had a range of high-quality products. That year it went public as the Établissements Poulenc Frères. It began production of synthetic medicines, and continued to grow during World War I (1914–18). In 1928 it merged with the Société des usines chimiques du Rhône to form Rhône-Poulenc.