Dow Polyurethanes Gears Up for Next Phase of Growth

Recent significant investment and new business vice president position Dow to fully support customer growth in the polyurethanes industry

11-Apr-2012 - The Dow Chemical Company has made significant strategic moves over the past six months, strengthening its long-term commitment and investments in its Polyurethane business, while enhancing the competitiveness of its already strong asset foundation. These strategic moves are ultimately designed to ...

Grace and Dow to Develop Next-Generation Catalysts for Polypropylene Production

02-Apr-2012 - W. R. Grace & Co. announced that it has entered into an agreement with The Dow Chemical Company to develop new catalysts for polypropylene production. The catalysts, which use one of Dow’s non-phthalate internal donor technologies and Grace proprietary catalyst expertise, will be sold by Grace ...

Dow Personal Care Receives 2012 China Innovation Award

15-Mar-2012 - Dow Personal Care, a business of The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), received the 2012 China Personal Care & Cosmetics Innovation Award for EcoSmooth™ Satin conditioning polymer at the Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) event currently underway in Shanghai. This is the second award for ...

Dow Home & Personal Care Receives “Best Innovation Contributor 2011” Award from Henkel

06-Feb-2012 - Dow Home & Personal Care, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company received the “Best Innovation Contributor 2011” award from Henkel Laundry & Home Care at the 2012 American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Annual Meeting and Industry Convention, Jan. 30 to Feb. 4, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. Every year ...

SCG-DOW Group Achieves Successful Thailand HPPO Plant Start-up

New HPPO facility finalizes start-up with successful full capacity run as planned

06-Jan-2012 - The Dow Chemical Company announced that the SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture between Dow and Siam Cement Group, has finalized the start-up of its new propylene oxide (PO) facility in Thailand by successfully completing its full capacity performance test. Dow reached a key milestone in October 2011 ...

Dow Construction Chemicals Europe expands capacity for production of Acrylic Solution Polymers

13-Dec-2011 - The Dow Chemical Company announced a capacity increase of 15% at the Company’s acrylic dispersion plant in Villers-Saint-Paul, France. This increase will help support customers’ ambitions for business growth in a range of products.Construction work began this month and production start-up is ...

Dow Holds Grand Opening at New Thailand Elastomers Plant

07-Oct-2011 - The Dow Chemical Company announced its new Thailand polyolefin elastomers plant that began commercial operation June 1, 2011 is operating at its stated capacity, signifying another successful start-up of a new world-class manufacturing facility for the Company. Dow celebrated this milestone ...

SCG-DOW Group Reaches Key Milestone Toward Thailand HPPO Plant Start-up

New HPPO facility ramps up to stable production levels in preparation for full capacity run scheduled for 4Q11.

07-Oct-2011 - The Dow Chemical Company announced that the SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture between Dow and SCG, has reached a key milestone for the new propylene oxide (PO) facility in Thailand by ramping the plant up to stable production levels in preparation for the full capacity run scheduled for the fourth ...

Niklaus Meier joins MEGlobal as new CFO

23-Sep-2011 - MEGlobal has announced Niklaus Meier, current controller and head of group control at Ciba in Switzerland, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Meier succeeds Werner Baur in the position, who is retiring from MEGlobal. Meier joined MEGlobal on September 1, 2011 and will collaborate with Werner to ...

Dow Increases PG Capacity at Stade Plant by 10 KTA During Routine Maintenance

25-Aug-2011 - The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) has increased its propylene glycol (PG) capacity by an additional 10 kilotons per annum (KTA), at its Stade, Germany plant after completion of equipment optimization during scheduled routine maintenance. “Dow is a PG industry leader in Europe,” said Vincent Lacoste, ...