Dow Chemical in the Middle East showcases coatings portfolio and innovations at Middle East Coatings Show

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About Dow Coating Solutions
Dow Coating Solutions is a market-facing business unit of The Dow Chemical Company that focuses on the needs of coatings formulators and the coatings market. The business relies on many of Dow's valuable assets, including multiple product chemistries, a highly-trained coatings R&D staff and an unparalleled global supply infrastructure, to offer product-agnostic solutions to coatings formulators worldwide.

About Dow Wolff Cellulosics
A preferred development supplier in its industries, Dow Wolff Cellulosics supplies high-performance cellulose derivatives and complementary chemistries, and has experience in formulation know-how for a broad variety of end-use products in construction, food, personal care, pharmaceuticals, paint and other specialty industrial applications.

A business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, Dow Wolff Cellulosics was created on July 1, 2007 as a new business encompassing the activities of Wolff Walsrode and Dow's Water Soluble Polymers business.

About Dow Chemical in the Middle East
Dow has several current and proposed Middle East joint ventures in the UAE, Egypt, Kuwait and Libya as well as in Saudi Arabia, where Saudi Aramco and Dow are in the formation process of a joint venture to build, own and operate a world-scale chemicals and plastics production complex in the Eastern Province. From the opening of its first commercial office in Cairo in the early 1970's to its facility in Jebel Ali in Dubai and its 10-year partnership in Kuwait with EQUATE, Dow has managed to establish a solid presence in the Middle East petrochemicals industry.

About Dow
With annual sales of $58bn and 46,000 employees worldwide, Dow is a diversified chemical company that combines the power of science and technology with the "Human Element" to constantly improve what is essential to human progress. The Company delivers a broad range of products and services to customers in around 160 countries, connecting chemistry and innovation with the principles of sustainability to help provide everything from fresh water, food and pharmaceuticals to paints, packaging and personal care products. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted.

For further information on Dow:

Mira Meghdessian
Dow Chemical in the Middle East
Tel: +971.4.312.3635 (office)

Gaya Subramaniam / Gaurav Bhatnagar
GolinHarris
Tel: +971.4.332.3308