A001114
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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English
AACR2
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Corporate Body
created
2001-07-05
human
Ailie Smith
updated
2025-11-05
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001114b.htm
ABN: 19 008 443 285
corporateBody
Hoechst Australia Ltd
AACR2
1964
c. 1999
Start Place
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Location
Melbourne, Victoria
Chemical Industries
Pharmaceuticals or Medical Aids
Manufacturing Industry
Hoechst Australia Ltd was established in 1964. The company manufactured industrial chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals. It had plants in many suburbs including Altona and Moorabbin. In January 1997, Hoechst Australia sold its polyolefin operations at Altona to Kemcor Australia. In or around 1999 the global Hoechst company was bought out by Aventis, which is today called Sanofi-aventis.
Trove
'Hoechst Australia Ltd', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Hoechst Australia Ltd
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988
Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Technology in Australia 1788-1988
Online
Melbourne
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
2000