Cleaning Soil, Water & Air Energizing Lithium Demand 9 FMC Corporation | 2010 Annual Report a micro-crystalline cellulose  excipient that revolutionizes the  roller-compaction process for  hard tablets – a major advance  for pharmaceutical production.  In our Lithium business, our  focus is on the booming  energy storage market.  Lithium-ion batteries are the  preferred means to power  electronic devices and are  growing rapidly for power tools,  e-bikes and automobiles. FMC  developed Stabilized Lithium  Metal Powder (SLMP TM ), which  is a safe-to-handle powdered  lithium metal that increases  the energy density and life of  lithium-ion batteries. In 2010,  FMC began a program with the  U.S. Department of Energy to  scale up SLMP development at  our lithium research laboratories  in Bessemer City, North Carolina. Our Industrial Chemicals  business is pursuing promising  environmental applications  spanning air, soil and water  treatment. We anticipate  significant growth in these  markets in the coming years  and see opportunities to  broaden our technology  platform through targeted  acquisitions of complementary  and/or adjacent technologies. In Peroxygens, we developed  and demonstrated a novel  process using hydrogen  peroxide to treat wastewater at  a leading Canadian oil sands  operation. VigorOx ®  WWT,  an environmentally friendly  disinfectant, was successfully  commercialized in both the  United States and Canada,  offering wastewater treatment  plants an alternative to the  use of chlorine. Additionally,  we completed successful  demonstration trials in 2010  for an innovative technology,  licensed from NASA, using  hydrogen peroxide to reduce  nitrogen oxide emissions from  coal-fired power plants. Our Foret business continues  to develop OFFNOx ® , which  converts nitrogen oxide into  nitrates, reducing air pollution.  Used initially in building tiles, the  product is being evaluated for  applications in paints, metals,  cement and concrete under  a grant from Spain and the  European Regional Develop- ment Fund. In 2010, our Alkali Chemicals  division developed a patent  pending process for production  of EnProve TM  TR milled trona to  reduce air pollutants at power  plants and other industrial  facilities. It enables users to  reduce capital costs and energy  consumption while removing  sulfur dioxide, sulfur trioxide,  mercury and hydrochloric acid  from their stack emissions. Another new product innovation  is  Liquid Soda TM  – a less hazard- ous alternative to caustic soda  for the pulp and paper industry.  This year we plan to break  ground on a new Asia Innovation  Center in Shanghai that will  service both regional customers  and global innovation across our  FMC businesses. It’s just one  more outgrowth of innovative  research that never rests. Shanghai, China Istanbul,Turkey Bangalore, India Mumbai, India Brussels, Belgium Sandvika, Norway Villefranche, France Singapore  (opening in 2011)