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2006 Product and Business News Archive

December 2006
December 31, 2006 Alice Roi Partners With DOW XLA™ For A Fashion Break Through!
December 18, 2006 Dow will Wolff Walsrode von Bayer übernehmen
December 18, 2006 Dow to Acquire Wolff Walsrode from Bayer
December 08, 2006 Live Meeting Available on MyAccount@Dow
November 2006
November 30, 2006 Dow’s OPTIM™ Glycerine Business to be Repositioned into SAFECHEM
November 29, 2006 Dow Announces Ground Breaking at New Plant To Produce STYROFOAM™ Brand Insulation
November 27, 2006 Dow Introduces New HMHEC Product for Superior Performance in Latex Paints
November 22, 2006 Dow Divests its Interest in VAM Plant at Cabo, Brazil
November 22, 2006 Deutsche Version der Dow Silage-Website jetzt online
November 21, 2006 Dow Epoxy Announces Allyl Chloride Expansion
November 21, 2006 BASF and Dow to Conduct Joint Feasibility Study for World-Class TDI Facility in Europe
November 15, 2006 Dow Introduces FORTEFIBER™ Soluble Dietary Fiber
November 14, 2006 ANGUS to Exit NITROFUEL Racing Nitromethane Supply
November 07, 2006 Introduction of FILMGUARD™ OIT Expands Dow Biocides Paints and Coatings Offering Into Dry Film Preservation
November 07, 2006 Dow Europe GmbH Announces Force Majeure at its Polypropylene plant in Wesseling, Germany
November 07, 2006 AMP-95™ Accomplishes Multiple Formulation Goals For Paint and Coatings Applications
November 07, 2006 Dow Biocides Introduces High Purity CANGUARD Ultra Bit Products to The Chinese Market
November 07, 2006 Investment In China Spurs Growth for ANGUS Chemical Company and Dow Biocides
November 02, 2006 ADSORBSIA™ GTO™ Media from Dow Removes Aresenic from Harrah’s Atlantic City Construction Site
October 2006
October 30, 2006 Dow Ethanolamines Capacity To Increase by 100 Million Pounds
October 16, 2006 Amerchol Introduces Low Surfactant METHOCEL™ Cleansing System
October 13, 2006 Jeff Wooster of The Dow Chemical Company Receives 2006 TAPPI PLACE Award
October 11, 2006 Dow Introduces New Grade of NORDEL™ MG Hydrocarbon Rubber
October 11, 2006 Dow Strengthens Offering to Rubber Industry With Continued Investment in Product Innovation, Customer Support Capabilities
October 04, 2006 Dow Increases Its Marketing Focus; Names Butcher Marketing Vice President
October 03, 2006 Dowpharma Commissions New Asymmetric Catalysis Facility to Address Growing Demand
September 2006
September 29, 2006 Dow Plans Manufacturing Expansions in Estarreja, Portugal
September 27, 2006 Dow Water Solutions Presents New Portfolio of World Class Technologies at Aquatech 2006
September 27, 2006 BASF, Dow, Solvay partnership breaks new ground with innovative HPPO technology in Antwerp
September 25, 2006 Dow Polyurethanes Reports Greater Than 95 Percent Conversion Rate in Trials of VORANOL™ VORACTIV™ Polyols
September 25, 2006 Dow Polyurethanes Launches New Website for VORANOL™ VORACTIV™ Polyols
September 25, 2006 Dow Polyurethanes Successfully Completes Testing Phase for Natural Oil Based Polyols
September 20, 2006 Dow VORACOR™ Protects Ramses II On Its Journey to the Great Pyramids
September 14, 2006 Carpet Goes to the Head of the Class with Dow Polyurethane Backing Technology
September 14, 2006 Dow Polyurethane Technology Makes the Grade for Comfortable Carpet
September 12, 2006 New Study to Evaluate the Performance of Unit Loads in the Supply Chain
September 08, 2006 Source: Brewer Science Announces an Exclusive Licensing Agreement with Dow to Transfer Development, Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing Rights on ENSEMBLE™ Dielectric Coatings to Brewer Science
September 07, 2006 Dow’s Calcium Chloride Business Enters Centennial At the Top of Its Game
September 07, 2006 FilmTec Corporation Announces the Successful Start-Up of its Manufacturing Facility
September 06, 2006 Dow Announces Peroxymeric Chemicals Exit
September 06, 2006 Source: Alnylam Awarded Federal Grant to Develop RNAi Therapeutics for Pandemic Flu
September 05, 2006 Air Products Selects Dow as Exclusive Global Distributor of Polyurethane Prepolymers for High Performance Cast Elastomers
September 05, 2006 China Datang Corporation Subsidiary Signs 500 KTA License Agreement for UNIPOL™ PP Process Technology From Dow
September 05, 2006 Dow Biocides and ANGUS Chemical Company Introduce Product Portfolio for Leather Manufacturing Applications
September 05, 2006 Dow Announces Expansion Plans for Redispersible Polymer Powders
August 2006
August 31, 2006 The Dow Chemical Company to Close Polystyrene Plant at Sarnia, Canada
August 31, 2006 The Dow Chemical Company to Close Polyethylene Plant at Sarnia, Canada
August 31, 2006 Dow To Close Chlor-Alkali Facility in Alberta, Canada
August 17, 2006 Dow to Highlight Benefits of AFFINITY™ GA Polyolefin Plastomers for Hot-Melt Applications at PACK EXPO 2006
August 09, 2006 Dow Epoxy to Invest US$200 Million to Accelerate Growth in China
August 08, 2006 Dow and Izolan Form Joint Venture to Serve Growing Systems Business in Russia
August 08, 2006 Dow Acquires Polystyrene Joint Venture Shares from Asahi
August 07, 2006 Dow Automotive Launches New Low Cost Energy Absorbing Foam With Improved Safety Performance
August 02, 2006 Dow Automotive Commercializes New Glass Bonding Technology At Chrysler Group's Toledo North Assembly Plant
August 02, 2006 FilmTec Expansion Remains on Target for Completion in 2006
August 01, 2006 The Dow Chemical Company and Nissan Chemical Industries Announce Nissan as Distributor for CYCLOTENE™ Advanced Electronics Resins in Japan
July 2006
July 31, 2006 Dow Signs Exclusive Licensing Agreement to Commercialize ZDD Desalination Process Technology
July 31, 2006 Dow’s 2005 season big bale silage survey reveals strong trend towards haylage
July 25, 2006 Bangladesh Water Purification Project Demonstrates Importance of Dow’s “Human Element”
July 17, 2006 Dow Introduces DOWFLAKE Xtra 83-87% Calcium Chloride
July 17, 2006 Dow Awards Aker Kvaerner Engineering Contract For Two EO/EG Projects in China
July 13, 2006 Dow Completes Acquisition of Zhejiang Omex Environmental Engineering; Further Strengthens Water Solutions Portfolio
July 13, 2006 陶氏完成收购浙江欧美环境工程有限公司进一步加强水净化业务部门
July 10, 2006 Saudi Aramco Selects Dow for Negotiations on New Petrochemical Complex at Ras Tanura, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
July 06, 2006 Dow Names Manager for Coated Paperboard
July 05, 2006 Dow and Aker Kvaerner Sign Cooperation Agreement for METEOR™ EO/EG Process Technology
June 2006
June 29, 2006 Dow Signs Agreement to Acquire Zhejiang Omex Environmental Engineering Co. Ltd.,
Increasing Its Water Components Portfolio
June 26, 2006 Alan Whetten Named Director of Research and Development for ANGUS Chemical Company
June 20, 2006 Davy Process Technology Licenses Butanol Plant to Formosa Plastics Corporation
June 20, 2006 Davy工艺技术公司向台塑公司转让其丁醇技术
June 20, 2006 Dow Introduces INFUSE™ Olefin Block Copolymers
June 20, 2006 Dow Enters Into Joint Research Agreement With Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
June 19, 2006 ADC Sets New Record for Lowest Energy Usage in Desalination With FILMTEC™ Membranes
June 19, 2006 Dow Announces Availability of DOWLEX™ 2344 Polyethylene Resin in North America
June 19, 2006 Dow Introduces a Revolutionary New Propylene-Based Polymer Targeted at Thermoforming
June 16, 2006 Dow Offers FILMTEC™ Membrane Elements with Extended pH Limits for Cleaning
June 13, 2006 Source: Aquapharm Bio-Discovery Ltd Enters a Collaboration Deal with DowpharmaSM Contract Manufacturing Services.
June 13, 2006 Davy Process Technology Licenses Octanol Process to Sasol
June 05, 2006 Dow Polyurethane Technology Puts Carpet to Work
June 02, 2006 ANGUS Achieves 1,000,000 Man Hours Working Safely at its Sterlington Operations Site: Two Years Injury Free
June 01, 2006 Dow Announces Expanded Distribution Relationship with Entec Polymers LLC
May 2006
May 31, 2006 Signing a Letter of Intent with Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone
May 31, 2006 陶氏与张家港保税区签署意向书
May 25, 2006 Dow’s Freeport PMDI Facility Now Fully Operational
May 24, 2006 Cold Water Canyon Water Company Selects ADSORBSIA™ Arsenic Removal Media from Dow for Use in Aquacell Water Treatment Systems in Black Canyon City, Arizona
May 23, 2006 Enhancing Customer Focus: ANGUS Chemical and Dow Biocides to Introduce Regional Customer Application Center in Tokyo
May 23, 2006 Enhancing Customer Focus: ANGUS Chemical and Dow Biocides to Introduce Regional Customer Application Center in Guangzhou
May 23, 2006 增强客户服务:安格斯化学与陶氏杀菌剂在广州设立区域客户应用中心
May 23, 2006 Dow Announces Investment in North America Ethyleneamine Assets
May 23, 2006 Enhancing Customer Focus: ANGUS Chemical and Dow Biocides to Introduce Eight Regional Customer Application Centers
May 22, 2006 Dow Underscores Commitment To Pipe Market at 2006 Plastics Pipes XIII Conference
May 16, 2006 Dow Chemical to Expand Ludington Calcium Chloride Plant
May 15, 2006 Dow Extends Shutdown of Joliet Polystyrene Plant
May 07, 2006 ANGUS Introduces CORRGUARD™ SI Corrosion Inhibitor: Multifunctional Stain Inhibiting Additive For Metal Working Fluids
May 01, 2006 Dow Chemical Selects ChemPoint.com to Distribute VERSENE™ CA Chelating Agents; Continues to Expand Relationship with ChemPoint
April 2006
April 28, 2006 Winning Turf is Backed By Dow Polyurethane
April 27, 2006 Inclosia solution 在上海设立全球研发中心
April 27, 2006 Dow Polyurethane Gets in the Game at Venue Expo
April 27, 2006 Inclosia Solutions Opens New R&D Technology Center in Shanghai
April 21, 2006 Dow Announces Price Increase for Propylene Glycols
April 19, 2006 Dow To Build New P-Series Glycol Ethers Plant in Zhangjiagang, China
April 19, 2006 陶氏在张家港建立新的P-系列醇醚生产工厂
April 19, 2006 SINOPEC To Build Two Monoethylene Glycol Plants Based on METEOR™ EO/EG Process Technology Licensed Through Dow
April 19, 2006 中石化将使用陶氏METEOR™ EO/EG工艺技术建造两座单乙二醇工厂
April 17, 2006 Treat Guests to Comfort and Quiet Dow Polyurethane Backing Technology Offers Improved Ergonomics Underfoot
April 17, 2006 TERGITOL™ L Series Surfactants Offer Flexible Defoaming, Wetting, and Emulsifying Properties and Meet the European Detergent Regulation.
April 12, 2006 FilmTec Corporation Releases New Version of ROSA to Meet Growing Market Needs
April 10, 2006 Dow Rolls Out Red Carpet at HD Expo
April 10, 2006 Hospitality Design Begins with Beautiful Carpet
April 10, 2006 DowpharmaSM Signs Fourth Collaboration Agreement In First Quarter of 2006 for Pfēnex Expression Technology™
April 06, 2006 Aquacell chooses ADSORBSIA™ titanium-based arsenic removal media
April 05, 2006 Dow to Showcase Full Portfolio of Trend-Leading Plastics and Performance Chemicals for Nonwoven Products at ANEX 2006
April 04, 2006 Dow and Rompetrol Petrochemicals conclude commercial agreement for polyethylene resins
April 04, 2006 Dow Announces New Plant To Produce STYROFOAM™ Brand Insulation
March 2006
March 30, 2006 Dow Commits to NPE 2006 with Exclusive Underwriting of Technical Conference
March 29, 2006 DOWEX™ Ion Exchange Resins from Dow Liquid Separations Address Water Needs in Municipalities and in Commercial Applications
March 28, 2006 Dow Moves Forward with Expansion Plans for Cellulosics
March 28, 2006 Dow’s webbplats för ensilering har öppnat
March 24, 2006 Dow Dispersion Sciences to Launch New Products at In-Cosmetics 2006
March 20, 2006 Dow silage website now live
March 20, 2006 Dow Permanently Shuts Down TDI Production Train at Freeport, Idled in 2001
March 14, 2006 Dow Announces New and Improved Product Portfolio for Rotational Moulding
March 13, 2006 Dow Names Molly Peifang Zhang Business VP for Dow Technology Licensing
March 08, 2006 Dow Rolls Out Polyurethane Backings in Europe
March 08, 2006 Dow Signs HPPO Joint Venture Agreement with BASF
March 01, 2006 DOWLEX™ 2388 PE-RT pipe systems now eligible for CE Marking
February 2006
February 28, 2006 VGX Pharmaceuticals and DowpharmaSM Sign Research and Development Agreement for VGX’s Lead Cancer Compound
February 20, 2006 Dow Improves the Health of Your Floor
February 14, 2006 Viventia Biotech and DowpharmaSM Announce a Multi-Product Commercial License Agreement using Pfēnex Expression Technology™ from Dowpharma
February 13, 2006 Dmobo Launches Limited Edition "Mickey Magic Leather" Mobile Phone Using EXO™ Technology
February 13, 2006 Erneuter Aufruf zu Forschungsprogramm über Pferdenahrung
February 10, 2006 Dow Divests Superabsorbent Products Business
February 08, 2006 Dow Shares Experiences at UNIDO Chemical Leasing Event
February 07, 2006 World's Largest Desalination Plant Running With Filmtec™ Membranes is Now Fully Commissioned
February 06, 2006 Ludington Dow Operation Recognized for Stellar 2005 Environmental and Safety Record
February 01, 2006 Dow's UCAR Emulsion Systems Announces Start-up of New Latex Facility at St. Charles, Louisiana
January 2006
January 19, 2006 Revolutionary New Lifestyle Notebook
January 18, 2006 ANGUS to Withdraw Sales of NITROFUEL Outside of the US
January 17, 2006 Dow Ends Force Majeure for Ethyleneamines
January 17, 2006 Dow Begins Construction of New Specialty Alkanolamines Unit in Plaquemine, La.
January 17, 2006 Dow Names Jeff Wooster New Senior Value Chain Manager for Food and Specialty Packaging for Food and Specialty Packaging
January 17, 2006 Dow Names Rob Cotton Applications Technology Leader for Food and Specialty Packaging
January 10, 2006 Deutsche Bauern entdecken Heulage
January 06, 2006 FilmTec Corporation Expansion on Target for Production in 2006
January 05, 2006 FILMTEC™ Membranes Aided Water Purification Post-Katrina
January 05, 2006 Second Annual Survey Reveals Continued Demand for Fashion Forward Electronics