Hoechst AG

Hoechst AG (German pronunciation: [ˈhøːkst]) was a German chemicals, later life sciences, company that became Aventis Deutschland after its merger with France's Rhône-Poulenc S.A. in 1999. With the new company's 2004 merger with Sanofi-Synthélabo, it became a subsidiary of the resulting Sanofi-Aventis pharmaceuticals group.

This article is about the corporation. For the town in Frankfurt am Main, see Höchst (Frankfurt am Main). For other uses, see Hoechst.
Hoechst AG
Company typePublic
IndustryChemical, pharmaceutical
Founded1863 (1863)
SuccessorSanofi
HeadquartersHöchst, Frankfurt, Germany
Number of employees
96,967 (31 December 1998)
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