FMC Corporation Opens Natural Colors Facility for Thriving North American Market

14 May 2014 --- FMC Corporation has opened a natural colors blending facility at its Newark, Delaware manufacturing site. The new operation is expected to help meet growing demand in North America for highly stable, natural colors used in a range of applications from baking to beverages, an estimated $200m market.

The company already has natural colors production sites in Santiago, Chile and Burton, UK, as well as US-based technical expertise in Ewing, New Jersey. The new facility is expected to be completed in December 2014, resulting in a 4,800 sq ft building with new equipment for customized color solutions and additional room for future expansion.

"We are delighted to break ground on this blending facility that will support natural colors growth and better serve existing North American customers with on-the-ground capabilities for customization of colors applications and specialized production," said Bryan Bast, business director for FMC Health and Nutrition.

The addition of the Delaware production site will also enable deeper collaboration with our customers," said Bast. "The very proximity of the operation to our technical expertise at FMC's Ewing, N.J., Global Innovation Center will create new opportunity for partnership as well as efficiencies for our business that will ultimately have impact for our customers."

The FMC location in Delaware is a global leader in the production of cellulosics products for a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and food.  Global sourcing and manufacturing strategies ensure reliable product availability and superlative batch-to-batch product consistency for customers.

FMC Corporation is a diversified chemical company serving agricultural, industrial, environmental, and consumer markets globally for more than a century with innovative solutions, applications and quality products. In 2013, FMC had annual sales of approximately $3.9 billion.  The company employs approximately 5,600 people throughout the world, and operates its businesses in three segments: FMC Agricultural Solutions, FMC Health and Nutrition, and FMC Minerals.

FMC has expertise in food texture, stability, structure and color. With more than 75 years’ experience in the food industry, it claims to have a deep understanding of the complexity of product formulation.