Dow Chemical | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 28/12/2018

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00:02:15 1 Products
00:03:02 1.1 Performance plastics
00:03:51 1.2 Performance chemicals
00:04:57 1.3 Water purification
00:05:26 1.4 Agricultural sciences
00:06:26 1.5 Basic plastics
00:06:58 1.6 Basic chemicals
00:07:55 1.7 Hydrocarbons and energy
00:08:33 2 History
00:08:42 2.1 Early history
00:11:55 2.2 Diversification and expansion
00:14:42 2.3 Nuclear weapons
00:16:30 2.4 Vietnam War: napalm and Agent Orange
00:19:20 2.5 Dow Corning breast implants
00:20:16 2.6 Bhopal disaster
00:23:01 2.7 DBCP
00:24:49 2.8 Tax evasion
00:26:11 2.9 Recent mergers, acquisitions and reorganization
00:26:24 2.9.1 1990s – transition from geographic alignment to global business units
00:27:16 2.9.2 Union Carbide merger
00:28:44 2.9.3 2006–2008 restructuring
00:34:55 2.9.3.1 Rohm &amp; Haas Co. purchase
00:36:14 2.9.3.2 Accelerated implementation
00:36:56 2.9.3.3 Strategy interruption
00:39:43 2.9.4 2007 dismissal of senior executives
00:41:22 2.9.5 2008 sale of zoxamide business
00:42:09 2.9.6 2014 – New operating segments
00:42:45 2.9.7 U.S. Gulf Coast investments
00:44:04 2.9.8 Chlorine merger
00:44:50 2.9.9 Merger with DuPont
00:46:48 2.10 Focus on higher margin business
00:47:41 2.11 Dioxin contamination
00:49:22 2.12 Sale of herbicide business
00:51:19 3 Finance
00:52:05 4 Environmental record
00:55:15 5 Board of directors
00:56:42 6 Major sponsorships
00:58:20 7 Major collaborations
00:58:30 7.1 Lab Safety Academy
01:01:00 7.2 Nature conservancy
01:02:18 8 Outlook
01:05:51 9 Subsidiaries and joint ventures
01:06:09 9.1 Subsidiaries
01:06:18 9.2 Current joint ventures
01:06:59 10 Notable employees



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The Dow Chemical Company, commonly referred to as Dow, is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States, and the predecessor of the merged company DowDuPont. In 2017, it was the second-largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue (after BASF) and as of February 2009, the third-largest chemical company in the world by market capitalization (after BASF and DuPont). It ranked second in the world by chemical production in 2014.Dow manufactures plastics, chemicals, and agricultural products. With a presence in about 160 countries, it employs about 54,000 people worldwide. The company has seven different major operating segments, with a wide variety of products made by each one. Dow's 2012 sales totaled approximately $57 billion.
Dow has been called the "chemical companies' chemical company" in that most of its sales are to other industries rather than end-users. Dow sells directly to end-users primarily in the human and animal health and consumer products markets.
Dow is a member of the American Chemistry Council. The company tagline is "Solutionism".
On September 1, 2017, it merged with DuPont to create DowDuPont. In March 2018, it was announced that Jeff Fettig would become executive chairman of DowDuPont on July 1, 2018, and Jim Fitterling would become CEO of Dow Chemical on April 1, 2018.