industry chemicals founded 1943 headquarters paris france products specialty chemical products for the cosmetics pharmaceutical nutrition vaccine and industrial markets number of employees 630 employees 2010 1 website www.seppic.com seppic designs and supplies specialty chemical products for health and wellbeing . 1 the company is based in france with distributors and production sites around the world . it has four main areas of business personal care pharmaceuticals and nutrition vaccine adjuvants and injectables and industrial specialties . 2 seppic has been part of the air liquide group since 1986 . 3 its research has led to innovations in medical treatments such as the creation of cimavax the first therapeutic vaccine to treat lung cancer . 4 contents 1 history 2 research 3 partnerships 4 references history edit in 1943 french chemist andr bondouy founded seppic soci t d exploitation pour les produits de l industrie chimique . between 1946 and 1972 the company expanded becoming the distributor for several other chemical manufacturers . 5 in 1972 under the leadership of jean martineau then president of the paris chamber of commerce the company purchased soci t des produits chimiques de la montagne noire in castres france . it created the montane and montanox product lines of emulsifiers designed for the cosmetics pharmaceutical and industrial markets . 5 in 1986 seppic become a wholly owned subsidiary of air liquide as part of its healthcare business . 3 in 1989 the company established its first american subsidiary in fairfield new jersey . 5 in 2013 after the 2011 divestiture of a significant portion of its industrial additives business seppic acquires biotechmarine a company specialized in marine based cosmetic ingredients including plant stem cells . research edit research conducted by seppic teams has led to several innovations in the cosmetics and health sectors . the company now holds a portfolio of over 140 patent families . 6 in an early example of green chemistry in the 1990s seppic created montanovtm 65 an emulsifier derived from matter of vegetable origin . 7 later it created sepigeltm 305 a pre neutralized polymer in an inverse emulsion that enabled new textures such as gel creams . 8 in 2008 seppic adjuvants were used to develop cimavax the first therapeutic vaccine to treat lung cancer . 4 partnerships edit seppic has research partnerships in the fields of health nutrition personal care and vaccines with french and international companies including the japanese chemical giant shin etsu . seppic is also involved with the cosmetic valley business cluster . 9 10 references edit a b c seppic in brief seppic0com seppic s.a. puteaux france . chemeurope.com 2011 12 31 . retrieved on 2013 08 01 . a b seppic household & personal products industry 1 february 2011 . a b manufacturing process development for an epidermal factor based cancer vaccine biopharm international 2 october 2008 accessed march 2011 . a b c our history seppic retrieved 8 november 2011 . our commitment to sustainability seppic retrieved 10 november 2011 . trouvez montanov 68 pour applications en produits cosm tiques & de soins recherchez fiches techniques fiches de donn es de s curit et commandez des chantillons . innovadex.fr 1923 07 30 . retrieved on 2013 08 01 . trouvez sepigel 305 pour applications en produits cosm tiques & de soins recherchez fiches techniques fiches de donn es de s curit et commandez des chantillons . innovadex.fr 1923 07 30 . retrieved on 2013 08 01 . partnerships seppic retrieved 10 november 2011 . seppic announces the acquisition of biotechmarine . seppic.com . retrieved on 2013 08 01 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title seppic & oldid 647144130 categories pharmaceutical companies of francepharmaceutical companies established in 1943healthcare companies of francehidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 20 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view