PHILADELPHIA, October 6, 2011 – FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) announced today the company has completed its acquisition of the European persulfates business of RheinPerChemie GmbH from Unionchimica SpA.  The acquisition strengthens FMC Peroxygens’ global reach and immediately broadens the company’s product portfolio for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 

“This is an excellent business that allows us to globalize our specialty peroxygens franchises in environmental, electronics, food safety and other applications,” said Mark Douglas, president of FMC Industrial Chemicals.