In 1928, Bean Spray Pump purchased Anderson-Barngrover Co. and Sprague-Sells, and changed its name to Food Machinery Corporation, and began using the initials FMC.

FMC received a contract to design and build landing vehicles tracked for the United States War Department in 1941.

FMC also built the M113 (APC) Armored Personnel Carrier and the Bradley Fighting Vehicle as well as the XR311 at its former facility in Santa Clara, California.

In 1986, the Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company was formed as a joint venture between FMC Corporation and Sumitomo Heavy Industries.

JBT is named after the spray pump inventor whose business was the foundation of FMC Corp.

JBT also has an automated guided vehicle (AGV) business focused on material handling in the automotive, food & beverage, manufacturing, printing, warehousing, and hospital industries.