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湖南省高等职业院校商务英语专业抽考试题（试卷）30%） Directions: Read the following brief introduction of FMC Corporation from the official website of the company. A Brief Introduction to FMC Corporation 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. In 2008, FMC Corporation had gross revenues of US$3.115 billion. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the company employs over 5,000 people worldwide. FMC Corporation divides its businesses into three segments: Agricultural Products, Specialty Chemicals and Industrial Chemicals. FMC Agricultural Products provides crop protection and pest control products for worldwide markets. The global business offers a strong portfolio of insecticides(杀虫剂) and herbicides (除草剂). FMC is also a leader in innovative packaging for the industry. In the Specialty Chemicals Group. FMC BioPolymer is the world’s leading producer of alginate (藻酸盐), carrageenan (角叉胶)and microcrystalline cellulose (微晶纤维素). Also in the Specialty Chemicals Group, FMC Lithium(锂) is one of the world’s leading producers of lithium-based products and is recognized as the technology leader in the industry. In the Industrial Chemicals Group, FMC Alkali Chemicals is the world’s largest producer of natural soda ash(纯碱) and the market leader in North America. ●History The roots of the FMC Corporation lie in the Bean Spray Pump Company established in California in 1883 when John Bean invented the hand spray pump. Over the next 34 years, he built his product into the preferred pump in the region. Another prosperous local firm in the 1920s was Frank L. Burrell’s cannery. The two merged in 1928 to form the John Bean Manufacturing Company, which changed its name to the Food Machinery Corporation the next year. From this manufacturer of simple food production equipment the diverse FMC was to grow. In 1943, the company launched into the chemical ma