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diverse product line that serves customers in a large number of industries, including automotive, consumer, construction,
infrastructure, oil and gas, appliance and electronics.
Details on Performance Materials' 2012 sales, by business and geographic area, are as follows:
Products
Major products by business and applications/market segments are listed below:
Business Major Products Applications/Market Segments
Amines Chelants, ethanolamines, ethyleneamines,
isopropanolamines
Agriculture, construction, consumer and
institutional goods, electronics, home and
personal care, industrial applications, paper,
transportation, utilities
Chlorinated
Organics
Chloroform, methyl chloride, methylene
chloride, perchloroethylene, trichloroethylene
Cleaning applications, construction,
fluoropolymers, pharmaceuticals, refrigerants,
water treatment
Dow Automotive
Systems
Acoustical foam, composites, elastic and
structural adhesives, one-coat adhesives
Automotive, transportation
Dow Formulated
Systems
Formulated epoxy and polyurethane systems Construction insulation, flooring, footwear,
furniture, industrial applications, infrastructure,
wind energy solutions
Dow Oil and Gas Demulsifiers, drilling and completion fluids,
heat transfer fluids, perchloroethylene, rheology
modifiers, scale inhibitors, shale inhibitors,
specialty amine solvents, surfactants, water
clarifiers
Enhanced oil recovery, gas processing, oil and
gas exploration and production, oil and gas
transmission, power, refining
Dow Plastics
Additives
Additives for the processing and modification
of thermoplastic and thermosetting plastic
materials
Building and construction, consumer goods,
electronics, packaging, transportation
Epoxy Epoxy resins, hardeners and intermediates Civil engineering, composites, consumer goods,
electrical laminates, infrastructure
Oxygenated
Solvents
Acetone derivatives, butyl glycol ethers, glycol
ethers, low-VOC solvents, methyl isobutyl
Agriculture, animal feed preservation, coatings,
consumer and industrial goods, electronics,
lubricant additives
Polyglycols,
Surfactants and
Fluids
Heat-transfer fluids, polyalkylene glycol,
polyethylene glycol, surfactants
Aircraft deicing, consumer goods, industrial
goods, infrastructure, food, pharmaceutical,
transportation
Polyurethanes Polyether polyols, methylene diphenyl
diisocyanate ("MDI"), toluene diisocyanate
("TDI")
Appliances, automotive, bedding, building and
construction, electronics, flooring, footwear,
furniture, industrial, infrastructure, packaging
and transportation
Propylene Oxide /
Propylene Glycol
Propylene oxide (produced via the chlorohydrin
process; also produced using hydrogen peroxide
to propylene oxide manufacturing technology
(1)), propylene glycol, synthetic glycerine
Aircraft deicing fluids, animal feed, beverages,
cosmetics, food and flavorings, heat transfer
fluids, hydraulic and brake fluids, paints and
coatings, pharmaceuticals, unsaturated polyester
resins, urethanes
(1) Hydrogen peroxide to propylene oxide manufacturing technology is utilized by MTP HPPO Manufacturing Company Limited, a
Thailand-based consolidated variable interest entity ultimately owned 50 percent by the Company and 50 percent by SCG Chemicals
Co. Ltd.; and BASF DOW HPPO Production B.V.B.A., a Belgium-based joint venture ultimately owned 100 percent by HPPO Holding
& Finance C.V., which is owned 50 percent by the Company and 50 percent by BASF.