FMC Corporation is a diversified chemical company. It serves agricultural, consumer and industrial markets with solutions, applications and products. It operates in three segments: Agricultural Products, which develops, markets and sells crop protection chemicals, such as insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides; Specialty Chemicals, which includes its BioPolymer and lithium businesses and focuses on food ingredients that are used to enhance texture, color, structure and physical stability; pharmaceutical additives for binding and lithium, and Industrial Chemicals, manufactures inorganic materials. In October 2011, it acquired European persulfates business of RheinPerChemie GmbH from Unionchimica SpA. In November 2011, it acquired Adventus Intellectual Property. In December 2011, it acquired Rovral iprodione and Sportak prochloraz fungicides. In March 2012, the Company opened its new Singapore Technical Center in Singapore Science Park 2. In June 2012, the Company acquired Phytone Ltd.