BACKGROUND
FMC Corporation is based out of Chicago. In 1989, sales stretched over five major businesses totaled $3.4 billion. The five major businesses that FMC operates are: Industrial Chemicals, Performance Chemicals, Precious Metals, Defense Systems, and Machinery and Equipment. The company specializes in the production of military equipment, a variety of industrial chemicals, gold and other precious metals, agricultural chemicals and a selection of specialty chemicals, and an extensive range of specialized machinery and equipment for the material-handling, petroleum and food industries. When FMC Corporation won a bid with the U.S. Navy to build and supply surface-ship missile launching canisters, they decided that a new plant should be built to fulfill the contract.
FMC Green River
The Green River, Wyoming facility of FMC Corporation, first opened in 1948, supplies sodium-based chemicals to over 100 worldwide customers in the detergent industry, the glass industry, and......
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