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陶氏化工
公司類型	上市公司
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成立時間	1897年
總部地點	密歇根州米特蘭
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重要人物	William Stavropoulos, CEO 及董事
口號	Living. Improved Daily.
產業	化工業
產品	化學品-塑膠、農藥等
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營業額	463.07 億美元 (2005)
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員工數	42,413 (2005)
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網站	www.dow.com
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陶氏化工 (NYSE：DOW )是一間跨國化學公司，總部設於美國密歇根州。以資產值計，是全球第二大化學公司，僅次於美國杜邦化工。以年收入計，也是全球第二大化學公司，僅次於德國巴斯夫。

目录 1 产品 1.1 功能性塑料 1.2 功能性化学品 1.3 农业化学品 1.4 基础塑料 1.5 基础化学品 1.6 碳氢化合物和能源 2 历史 3 道康宁 4 董事会 4.1 主要赞助活动 5 外部連結 6 參考資料

[编辑] 产品

陶氏化工是世界上最大的塑料生产厂商，产品包括聚苯乙烯、聚亚氨酯、聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯、聚丙烯和合成橡胶等。同时，它也是世界上主要的氯化钙、环氧乙烷、丙烯酸盐、表面活性剂和纤维树脂的生产商。陶氏化工业生产各种不同的农用药剂，最著名的是Lorsban(毒死蜱)。陶氏化工也有一些被消费者们所熟悉的产品：Saran wrap（一种名为莎纶的食品包装袋）、Ziploc bags（拉链袋品牌，现已售给SC Johnson公司）、聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料。

[编辑] 功能性塑料

Performance Plastics make up 25% of Dow's sales^[1], with many products designed for the automotive and construction industries. The plastics include polyolefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene, as well as the polystyrene most often seen in Styrofoam^TM insulating material. A complete range of epoxy resin intermediates and products are manufactured by Dow, including bisphenol A and epichlorohydrin. Polyurethane, polyether polyols and specialty acrylates are all derived from ethylene oxide (EO). The Saran^TM range of resins and films is based on polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC).

[编辑] 功能性化学品

The Performance Chemicals (17% of sales) segment produces materials for water purification, pharmaceuticals, paper coatings, paints and advanced electronics. Major product lines include nitroparaffins such as nitromethane, used in the pharmaceutical industry and manufactured by the Angus Chemical Company^[2], a Dow subsidiary. Important polymers include Dowlex^TM ion exchange resins, acrylic and polystyrene latex, as well as Carbowax^TM polyethylene glycols. Specialty chemicals are used as starting materials for production of agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals.

[编辑] 农业化学品

Agricultural Sciences provides 7% of sales, and are responsible for a range of insecticide s (such as Lorsban^TM) and fungicides. Genetically modified plant seeds are also an important, growing area.

[编辑] 基础塑料

Basic plastics (26% of sales) end up in everything from diaper liners to beverage bottles and oil tanks. Products are based on the three major polyolefins – polystyrene (such as Styron^TM resins), polyethylene and polypropylene.

[编辑] 基础化学品

Basic chemicals (12% of sales) are used internally by Dow as raw materials, and are also sold worldwide. Markets include dry cleaning, paints and coatings, snow and ice control and the food industry. Major products include ethylene glycol, caustic soda, chlorine, vinyl chloride monomer (VCM, for making PVC) and calcium chloride. Ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide and the derived alcohols ethylene glycol and propylene glycol are major feedstocks for the manufacture of plastics such as polyurethane and PET.

[编辑] 碳氢化合物和能源

The Hydrocarbons and Energy operating segment (13% of sales) oversees energy management at Dow, succeeding in raising energy efficiency by 92% since 1990.^[3] Fuels and oil-based raw materials are also procured. Major feedstocks for Dow are provided by this group, including ethylene, propylene, 1,3-butadiene, benzene and styrene.

[编辑] 历史

The company originally sold only bleach and potassium bromide, achieving a daily bleach output of 72 tons a day in 1902. Early in the company's existence, a group of British manufacturers attempted to drive Dow out of business by cutting prices. Dow survived by cutting prices in response and, although losing about $90,000 in income, began to diversify its product line.^[4] Even in its early history, the company set a tradition of rapidly diversifying its product line. Within twenty years, Dow had become a major producer of agricultural chemicals, elemental chlorine, phenol and other dyestuffs, and magnesium metal.

In the 1930s, Dow began production of plastic resins, which would grow to become one of the corporation's major businesses. Its first plastic products were ethylcellulose, made in 1935, and polystyrene, made in 1937.

In 1930, Dow built its first plant to produce magnesium extracted from seawater rather than underground brine. Growth of this business made Dow a strategically important business during World War II, as magnesium became important in fabricating lightweight parts for aircraft. Also during the war, Dow and Corning began their joint venture, Dow Corning, to produce silicones for military and later civilian use. In 1942 Dow began its foreign expansion with the formation of Dow Chemical of Canada in Sarnia, Ontario to produce styrene for use in styrene-butadiene synthetic rubber.

In the post-war era, Dow began expanding outside North America, founding its first overseas subsidiary in Japan in 1952, with several other nations following rapidly thereafter. Based largely on its growing plastics business, it opened a consumer products division beginning with Saran wrap in 1953. Based on its growing chemicals and plastics businesses, Dow's sales exceeded $1 billion in 1964, $2 billion in 1971, and $10 billion in 1980.

Today, Dow is the world's largest producer of plastics; with its 2001 acquisition of Union Carbide, it has become a major player in the petrochemical industry as well.

On August 31, 2006 Dow announced that it had plans to close facilities at three locations:^[5]

• It will shut down all of its production in Sarnia, Ontario by the end of 2008.
• One plant (Dow terminology for a production unit) at its site in Porto Marghera (Venice), Italy, which had been shut down for planned maintenance earlier that month, will not be restarted.
• Two plants at its major site in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta were to be shut down by the end of October 2006.

[编辑] 道康宁

主条目：Dow Corning

Equally owned by Dow and Corning, Inc. (formerly Corning Glass Works), Dow Corning was founded in 1943 by the two companies as a joint venture. The company's focus is silicon-based products and technology.^[6] Dow Corning in turn owns 63% of the Hemlock, Michigan-based Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation, which manufactures polycrystalline silicon for semiconductor chips.^[7]

Dow Corning manufactured silicone breast implants, which were the cause of controversy and legal liability in the 1980s and 1990s (see below.)

[编辑] 董事会

Current members of the board of directors of The Dow Chemical Company are Arnold Allemang (who is also a senior adviser to the company); chemistry professor Jacqueline Barton; former Boeing manager James A. Bell; Whirlpool Corporation chairman and CEO Jeff Fettig; former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Barbara Franklin; Dow chairman and CEO Andrew N. Liveris; Dow CFO Geoffery E. Merszei; Illinois Tool Works Inc. vice chairman James Ringler; Duke Energy Corporation president Ruth Shaw; and Claris Capital chairman Paul Stern (who is Dow's presiding director and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.)^[8]

[编辑] 主要赞助活动

In September 2004, the company obtained the naming rights to the Saginaw County Event Center in Saginaw, Michigan; the center is now called the Dow Event Center. The Saginaw Spirit (of the Ontario Hockey League) plays at the Center, which also hosts events such as professional wrestling and live theater.^[9][10]

In October 2006 the company bought the naming rights to the stadium used by the Single-A Minor League baseball team located in its hometown of Midland, Michigan. The stadium (which opens in April 2007) is called Dow Diamond. The Dow Foundation played a key role in bringing the team, the Great Lakes Loons, to the city.

The company also sponsors a global running relay to highlight the need for better drinking water in locations around the globe. The run will roughly follow the 41st North parallel and cover nearly 12,000 miles. The run is organized by the Blue Planet Run Foundation.

[编辑] 外部連結

• 陶氏化工官方網站
• 陶氏化工公司新聞
• 陶氏化工歷史
• Dow Pharma
• Dow Craft
• Dow Epoxy
• Dow AgroSciences
• Dow GreatStuff
• Dow Automotive
• Dow Fiber Solutions
• Dow Chemical Financial News from Yahoo
• Dow Chemical Company Information from Hoovers
• Dow Education

[编辑] 參考資料

• E. Ned Brandt. (2003). Growth Company: Dow Chemical's First Century. Michigan State University Press. ISBN 0870134264