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The Dow Chemical Company
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2009 Annual Report
Performance Systems
automotive interiors, exteriors, under-the-hood and body-engineered systems | bedding | caps and closures |
food and specialty packaging | footwear | furniture | gaskets and sealing components | manufactured housing
and modular construction | medical equipment | mining | oil exploration and production | oil refining and
natural gas processing | pipe treatment | pressure-sensitive adhesives | transportation | vinyl exteriors |
waterproofing membranes | wire and cable (technology solutions for power utility and telecommunication applications)
STRENGTHS AND STRATEGY
•฀฀Sophisticated฀technology-฀and฀materials-enabled฀solutions฀
for diverse applications such as civil engineering, consumer
durables, oil and gas, automotive, wind energy, and wire
and cable
•฀฀Tailor-made฀formulations฀valued฀by฀customers฀for฀their฀
performance in specialized applications
•฀฀Strong฀growth฀tied฀to฀infrastructure฀investments,฀energy฀
conservation, automotive safety and light-weighting
•฀Building฀value฀through฀bolt-on฀acquisitions฀
LEADING INDUSTRY POSITIONS
(Six businesses: Dow Elastomers, Formulated Systems,
Dow Wire and Cable, Automotive Systems, Dow Fiber
Solutions, Dow Oil and Gas)
No. 1: Automotive Glass Bonding
No. 1: Specialty High-Performance Sealants
No. 1: Wire and Cable Compounds
No. 2: Polyurethane Systems
Dow combines the power of science and technology with the “Human Element” to passionately
innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company connects chemistry and innovation
with the principles of sustainability to help address many of the world’s greatest challenges
such as the need for clean water, renewable energy generation and conservation, and increased
agricultural productivity. Dow’s diversified, industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical,
advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-
based products and solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries and in high-growth
sectors such as electronics, water, energy, coatings and agriculture. In 2009, Dow employed
approximately 52,000 people worldwide and manufactured more than 5,000 products at 214
sites in 37 countries across the globe.
Health and Agricultural Sciences
agricultural seeds, traits (genes) and oils | control of weeds, insects and plant diseases for agriculture and
pest management
STRENGTHS AND STRATEGY
•฀฀Robust฀pipeline฀of฀innovative฀chemical฀and฀biological฀solutions฀
for agriculture and human health
•฀฀Global฀leader฀with฀product฀lines฀in฀agricultural฀chemicals,฀
urban pest management, healthy oils and plant biotechnology
•฀฀Sales฀in฀more฀than฀130฀countries฀with฀R&D฀and฀manufacturing฀
sites across the globe
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SmartStax ™ technology, co-developed with Monsanto, and Dow
AgroSciences Herbicide Tolerant Trait Technology (DHT) expected
to contribute a combined EBITDA margin of greater than 50%
LEADING INDUSTRY POSITIONS
(Dow AgroSciences)
No. 1: Green Chemistry/Insecticides (SENTRICON® Termite
Colony Elimination System, Spinosad, Spinetoram)
No. 1: Silage Corn and Omega-9 Naturally Stable Oils