FMC - FMC Corporation

Japanese: FMC - エフエムシー(英語表記)FMC Corporation
FMC - FMC Corporation
A diversified American company focused on chemical products. Founded in 1883 by John Bean as Bean Spray Pump. Renamed John Bean Manufacturing in 1928, it merged with Anderson Burn-Glover and Sprague Sells to list on the San Francisco Stock Exchange, renamed itself Food Machinery in 1929, Food Machinery & Chemical in 1948, and changed its name to its current one in 1961. During this time, it absorbed related companies and expanded into chemical products, packaging materials, and defense-related sectors. It also actively engaged in overseas activities. In 1992, it acquired the fire suppression and water treatment chemicals division of Swiss chemical company Ciba-Geigy. In 2001, it spun off its machinery business to establish FMC Technologies.

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Japanese:
アメリカ合衆国の化学製品を中心とする多角経営企業。1883年,ジョン・ビーンがビーン・スプレー・ポンプとして創業。1928年ジョン・ビーン・マニュファクチュアリングと改称後,アンダーソン・バーングローバーとスプレイグ・セルズの 2社を合併してサンフランシスコ証券取引所に上場,1929年フード・マシナリー,1948年フード・マシナリー・アンド・ケミカルと改称,1961年現社名に変更。この間,関連企業を吸収するとともに化学製品,包装材,防衛関連部門へ進出。海外活動も積極的に展開した。1992年スイスの化学会社チバガイギーの火災抑制剤・水処理薬品部門を買収。2001年,機械事業をスピンオフし,FMCテクノロジーズを設立した。

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