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19
Consumerism Energy
•฀Emerging฀economies
•฀Higher฀living฀standards
•฀Aging฀populations
•฀Urbanization
•฀Aging฀infrastructure
•฀Global฀integration
•฀Emerging฀economies
•฀Customization,฀convenience
•฀Wealthier฀consumers
•฀฀Challenges฀of฀energy฀demand,฀
cost and global climate change
•฀Agriculture
•฀Functional฀foods
•฀Health฀care
•฀Construction฀and฀transportation
•฀Coatings
•฀Water
•฀Electronics฀and฀communications
•฀Home฀and฀personal฀care
•฀Furnishings
•฀Energy฀production฀and฀efficiency
•฀Energy฀storage
•฀Biotechnology
•฀Chemistry
•฀Material฀sciences
•฀Building฀materials
•฀Advanced฀materials฀science
•฀Filter฀membrane฀elements
•฀High฀throughput฀formulations฀capability
•฀Optical฀materials
•฀Polymer฀performance฀modeling
•฀Rapid฀formulation฀development
•฀Alternative฀energy฀and฀feedstocks
•฀Building฀integrated฀photovoltaics
•฀Lithium฀ion฀batteries
>$140 billion >$60 billion
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u Next-generation display
technologies: Dow continues
to be a world leader in active
matrix OLED materials.
u Leading-edge semiconductor
technology: Our CMP pads and
slurries use innovative technology
that reduces defects and cost of
ownership for advanced nodes.
u Smarter cleaning technology:
Dow is producing more sustainable
fabric care solutions and biodegradable
surface cleaners.
u High-quality LED precursor
materials: Dow is a leading supplier
of precursors such as TMG to the LED
market and has patented precursor
manufacturing processes and delivery
technology. In 2010, the Company
announced plans to increase production
capacity in the United States and in
Korea to meet surging global demand.
u Breakthrough solar solutions:
DOW™ POWERHOUSE™ Solar Shingle
combines a roofing shingle with a
solar cell, so it seamlessly blends with
asphalt roofs and provides roof protection.
Launch: 2011
u Wind energy systems: AIRSTONE™
Systems for wind energy include
products and solutions that are ideal
for wind blade fabrication. In 2010, we
announced plans to expand capacity
to serve wind energy customers in
China and North America.
u Advanced battery technologies:
Joint venture Dow Kokam is building
an advanced manufacturing plant to
deliver superior lithium ion battery
technology for plug-in hybrid and
fully electric vehicles.
2010 Annual Report