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Basic Chemicals
agricultural products | alumina | automotive antifreeze | carpet and textiles | chemical processing | dry cleaning |
furnishings | household cleaners and plastic products | inks | metal cleaning | packaging, food and beverage
containers | paints, coatings and adhesives | personal care products | petroleum refining | pharmaceuticals |
plastic pipe | protective packaging | pulp and paper manufacturing | soaps and detergents | water treatment
STRENGTHS AND STRATEGY
•฀฀Highly฀integrated฀operations:฀
– Enable competitive advantage through low-cost feedstocks
to high-value, high-growth performance businesses
– Provide cost and sustainability advantages through the recycle
and reuse of by-products from downstream chemical steps
•฀฀Technology฀innovations฀maximize฀value฀through฀advantaged฀
operating costs, increased asset capability, improved yields,
reduced energy intensity and enhanced reliability
•฀฀World-class฀economies฀of฀scale฀and฀global฀reach฀
•฀฀Valuable฀market฀franchises฀through฀industry-leading฀
merchant customers
•฀฀Key฀Joint฀Ventures:฀MEGlobal,฀EQUATE,฀Kuwait฀Olefins
LEADING INDUSTRY POSITIONS
(Three businesses: Chlor-Alkali/Chlor-Vinyl, Chlorinated
Organics and Ethylene Oxide/Ethylene Glycol)
No. 1: Producer of chlorine
No. 1: Producer of caustic soda
No. 1: Producer of chlorinated organics
No. 1: Producer of ethylene dichloride
No. 1: Producer of ethylene oxide
No. 2: Producer of vinyl chloride monomer
Hydrocarbons and Energy
polymer and chemical production | power | Products Produced: benzene, butadiene, butylene, cumene, ethylene,
propylene, styrene, steam and other utilities
STRENGTHS AND STRATEGY
•฀฀Purchases฀and฀converts฀crude฀oil-฀and฀natural฀gas-based฀raw฀
materials into basic chemical building-blocks and intermediate
products used by almost all of Dow’s downstream businesses
•฀฀Unparalleled฀scale฀and฀global฀reach฀provide฀business฀with฀the฀
agility to respond to sudden changes in market conditions, which
is crucial to the cost competitiveness of the Basics businesses
•฀฀Superior฀product฀integration฀ranging฀from฀feedstocks฀and฀
monomers to a myriad of products used by derivative businesses
•฀฀Advantaged฀feedstock฀positions฀in฀Canada,฀Argentina฀and฀the฀
Middle East
•฀฀Operational฀excellence฀focused฀to฀maximize฀value฀through฀
increased asset capability, improved raw material yields,
reduced energy intensity and enhanced reliability
LEADING INDUSTRY POSITIONS
•฀฀World’s฀largest฀ethylene฀producer฀and฀consumer
•฀฀Key฀producer฀of฀propylene฀and฀benzene
•฀฀World฀leader฀in฀the฀production฀of฀olefins฀and฀aromatics
•฀฀Dow฀owns฀world’s฀two฀largest฀ethane฀crackers฀(both฀
located in Alberta, Canada)
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