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Our Vast Geographic Footprint
24 The Dow Chemical Company
To meet the demands of a growing world, we are putting our innovations to
work on every continent. We operate 197 sites in 36 countries and are serving
customers in approximately 160 countries.
35%
of global
sales
DOW IN EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
• Revenue: $20,840
• 13,000 employees
• 57 manufacturing sites
Solutions at Work:
• Sadara Chemical Company, a joint venture with Saudi
Aramco, to fuel downstream growth through a world-
scale integrated chemical complex in Saudi Arabia
• Multiple investments in innovations that address
water and energy challenges:
– New world-class water application development
center in Tarragona, Spain
– New manufacturing facility for DOW™ FILMTEC™
Reverse Osmosis (RO) Elements, located in Jubail, and
an R&D Center at the King Abdullah University of Science
and Technology are underway in Saudi Arabia
– New plant under construction in Schkopau, Germany, to
expand capacity for ENLIGHT™ Polyolefi n Encapsulant Films
• Foundation stone laid for state-of-the-art gas-fi red
cogeneration power plant in Stade, Germany
• As a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Games, Dow is
supplying infrastructure solutions for the London 2012
and Sochi 2014 Olympic Games
• New specialty coatings manufacturing facility, the fi rst
of its kind in the Middle East, under construction in the
United Arab Emirates
• Two new strategic commercial offi ces in Algeria and Ghana
to capture growth in the Maghreb and West African regions
(all U.S. dollars in millions)
DOW IN NORTH AMERICA
• Revenue: $21,345
• 26,000 employees
• 65 manufacturing sites
Solutions at Work:
• New U.S. Gulf Coast investments based on shale
gas advantage
• Multiple investments in innovations that address
energy challenges:
– New production line for ENLIGHT™ Polyolefi n
Encapsulant Films in Findlay, Ohio
– Large-scale production facility for DOW POWERHOUSE™
in Midland, Michigan, under construction
– Dow Kokam JV constructing world-scale lithium-ion
battery manufacturing facility in Midland
– Dow joint venture Advanced Electrolyte Technologies
LLC (AET) to build manufacturing facility in Midland to
produce formulated electrolytes for lithium-ion battery
systems in 2012
• Dow AgroSciences expands and relocates its Seed Quality
Control Lab to West Lafayette, Indiana, as part of its
overall growth strategy. The division is making progress
on a multi-year expansion of its global headquarters in
Indianapolis, including construction of a 175,000-square-
foot R&D building.
35%
of global
sales