FMC Corp.

History

Year	Detail
1883	A retired inventor, John Bean, set out to develop an insecticide spray pump.
1943	FMC launched the chemical business by acquiring Niagara Sprayer & Chemical Co.
1948	The company changes its name to Food Machinery and Chemical Corp. after making the largest acquisition of Westvaco Chemical Corp.
1958	FMC forms joint ventures in Japan and Brazil to manufacture hydrogen peroxide.
1961	The company changed its name to FMC Corp.
1985	FMC Corp. acquired Lithium Corp., the largest producer of lithium used in batteries, pharmaceuticals, lubricants, high-strength plastics, and high-purity silicon computer chips.
1987	The company introduced Pulp-Brite to increase the brightness of paper pulp, Cynoff insecticide, and Dragnet termiticide.
1998	FMC forms a sulfentrazone agreement with DuPont that allows the use of sulfentrazone on U.S. soybeans while retaining the rights across other global markets.
2011	FMC acquired Bayer fungicides, a biological research lab, and additional product lines to strengthen its Agriculture, Health, and nutrition businesses.
2017	FMC acquired DuPont crop protection assets in an asset swap transaction for FMC's Health & Nutrition business.
2022	To expand its biological platform, FMC Corp. acquired BioPhero ApS, a Denmark-based pheromone research and production company.