GIE Osiris draws on more than 100 years of history
Discover our key dates:
1915-1916
Creation of Roussillon’s plant, launching of the phenol production.
1917-1920
Les Roches de Condrieu plant created, Barium salts production workshop started.
1922
Launching of the cellulose acetate (Roussillon) and phosphates (Les Roches).
1940
Launching of the nylon intermediates production.
1970-1980
Diversification with methylchlorosilane, herbicide, methionine and upstream, pharmaceutical intermediates units.
1993
Two sites combined as a single Les Roches-Roussillon entite (Rhône-Poulenc Chimie).
1999
Creation of a consortium and six chemical production plants.
2000-2004
10 new companies joined the platform, either starting new activities or the purchasing of Rhodia’s units.
2003
Creation of Novapex.
2007
Creation of Bluestar Silicones.
2011
Creation of Novacyl.
