FMC Employees Help “Stuff the Bus”

For children who live in homeless shelters, the challenges they face in attending school, studying and succeeding academically is beyond the comprehension of most Americans.  Simply arriving at class with a bare minimum of school supplies is often beyond the reach of their families as they struggle to survive.

Recently, the Philadelphia United Way sought help from individuals and organizations to provide a new school bag and plenty of school supplies to children living in shelters in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware and Chester counties in Pennsylvania. Eager to respond, FMC invited employees to participate, promising to match each dollar they contributed to the “Stuff the Bus” program.

As with every community service and humanitarian undertaking, FMC employees were quick to support the program, contributing $4,600 to purchase school supplies. In addition to the company’s matching contribution, FMC used its purchasing power and relationship with Staples to leverage the $9,200 donation to obtain more than $20,000 worth of school supplies – a 4 to 1 return for every dollar contributed by employees!

 

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Welcome to FMC

 

FMC is one of the world’s foremost-diversified chemical companies with leading global positions in agricultural, industrial and consumer markets. From our inception, our company and its employees have maintained a commitment to pursue new technologies that improve quality of life and to conduct our businesses in a responsible manner. In short, we are committed to putting our responsibilities into action.

 

We are proud that our chemistries are today helping to grow the world’s food, enabling new innovations in pharmaceutical delivery, contributing to a more sustainable energy supply, facilitating the remediation of our environment, and advancing the manufacture of hundreds of essential industrial products.

 

Our commitment to technological innovation and improvement is a core value. So, too, is our commitment to ensuring that we operate our businesses ethically, safely, securely and in a sustainable manner.  FMC believes we have a responsibility:

 

§  to conduct business with integrity and comply with all applicable laws, adhering to a strict Code of Ethics and Business Conduct;

 

§  to protect the health and safety of our employees, our communities and the public, and to operate our facilities in a manner that prevents harm to the environment;

 

§  to minimize the vulnerability and ensure the security of our manufacturing and storage sites; and

 

§  to conduct our operations in a way that promotes the long-term social and economic development of the communities in which we operate.

 

From our beginnings, we have sought to serve our customers’ changing needs, understanding that we must earn their confidence and trust by performing to the highest standards and delivering on our commitments.  These values extend to all aspects of our business conduct. 

 

On behalf of nearly 4,800 fellow employees, welcome to FMC.  In this area of our web site, we proudly share with you FMC’s “Responsibility in Action.”

 

 

Pierre Brondeau

President and Chief Executive Officer

About FMC

Today, FMC uses an array of advanced technologies in research and development to improve the delivery of medications; enhance foods and beverages; power batteries; protect crop yields, structures and lawns; and advance the manufacture of glass, ceramics, plastics, pulp and paper, textiles and other products.

FMC Agricultural Products offers a strong portfolio of insecticides and herbicides and is a leader in innovative packaging for the industry. In our Specialty Chemicals Group, FMC BioPolymer is the world’s leading producer of alginates, carrageenan and microcrystalline cellulose. FMC Lithium is a leading producer of lithium-based products and is the recognized leader in specialty organolithium chemicals and related technologies.

In the Industrial Chemicals Group, FMC Alkali Chemicals is the world’s largest producer of natural soda ash and the market leader in North America. Downstream products include sodium bicarbonate, sodium sesquicarbonate and caustic soda. FMC Peroxygens is the leading producer of hydrogen peroxide in North America with manufacturing sites in the United States, Canada and Mexico. FMC Peroxygens is also a world-leading supplier of persulfate products and a major producer of peracetic acid and other specialty oxidants.

Barcelona-based FMC Foret supplies customers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa with a diverse range of products including hydrogen peroxide, peroxygens, phosphates, silicates, zeolites and sulfur derivatives.