CorporateAbout PCAS

With about 11% of its net sales earmarked for R&D and a large international footprint, PCAS is the preferred industrial partner for market-leading major global groups. Boasting especially high standards, the company offers a growing range of proprietary products and solutions in leading-edge segments. PCAS generated net sales of €226.4 million in 2022 and employs nearly 1200 people in six countries.

Our vision

To address the economic and technological challenges of a constantly evolving customer base with very high standards, PCAS has set itself the goal of being a recognized, irreproachable player on its markets ten years from now, via its performance, innovation and long-term responsibility.

THE PIONEER ERA 1962-1982

  • Creation of PCAS in Paris, by two engineers, Henri Barbier and Félix le Pors
  • Opening of the Couterne plant (Orne)
  • Head office moved to Longjumeau
  • Purchase of the Bourgoin-Jallieu plant (Isère)

THE MULTINATIONAL YEARS 1983-1991

  • PCAS purchased by American firm Stauffer Chemicals Company
  • PCAS sold to British conglomerate Imperial Chemical Industries
  • PCAS purchased by Dutch Group Akzo

THE GROWTH YEARS 1992-2015

  • PCAS certified ISO 9001
  • PCAS purchased by Dynaction Group
  • Purchase of St-Jean Photochimie (Quebec)
  • PCAS floated on the secondary stock market in Paris
  • Acquisition of Expansia in Aramon (Gard)
  • Start-up of PCAS Finland (Turku, Finland)
  • Creation of PCAS America Inc.
  • Creation of PCAS China
  • Merger of PCAS and Dynaction
  • Introduction of a Scientific Board within PCAS
  • PCAS Expansia voted “Vendor of the Year 2014” by UCB Pharma