Site Includes Advanced Food Laboratory for FMC BioPolymer
Business
PHILADELPHIA,
March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) recently
opened its new Singapore Technical Center in Singapore Science Park 2. The
facility, which features a state-of-the-art food laboratory, will serve the
technology and formulation needs of FMC's growing food and beverage customers
in Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia.
"Our
biopolymer food ingredient technologies are among the most sophisticated and
widely used in the industry, but what truly sets us apart is FMC's technical
collaboration and formulation capabilities that we offer to all of our
customers," said Mary T. Clarke, general manager, Food Ingredients,
FMC BioPolymer.
"Our
new Singapore Technical Center brings our premier service model to Southeast
Asia customers who want to develop their products faster and more
efficiently."
According
to Stewart Campbell, Asia Pacific commercial director for FMC
BioPolymer's Food Ingredients, "Combining an exceptionally strong
technical selling team with an advanced food laboratory has been a winning
formula for our business and our customers in China.
We're
now pleased to be able to offer that same level of service and in-market
support in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Australia and
throughout Southeast Asia, from a laboratory in the premier R&D
location for the food ingredients industry in the region."
FMC
BioPolymer is a world leader in the food and pharmaceutical functional
ingredients markets.
The
business's natural carrageenan extracts and alginates are used by global
customers to thicken, stabilize, and improve the texture of dairy, meats,
bakery and convenience foods. For half a century, the company's Avicel® brand
of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) has been the trusted industry leader for
its outstanding functionality and consistency in pharmaceutical oral dosage
tablets.
Through
the November 2011 acquisition of Southpole BioGroup, FMC BioPolymer
has added natural colors and nutritionals to its product range, expanding its
foot print in the food sensory and functional ingredients markets.
FMC
Corporation is a diversified chemical company serving agricultural, industrial
and consumer markets globally for more than a century with innovative
solutions, applications and quality products. With sales in 2011 of
approximately $3.4 billion, the company employs approximately 5,000 people
throughout the world and operates its businesses in three segments:
Agricultural Products, Specialty Chemicals and Industrial Chemicals. For more
information, visit http://www.fmc.com/.
SOURCE
FMC Corporation
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