Dow Contract Manufacturing Services Launches Web Site

November 1, 1999

The Contract Manufacturing Services (CMS) group of The Dow Chemical Company has introduced a new Web site: www.dowcms.com. The site reviews the capabilities and resources of CMS, including detailed profiles of its manufacturing sites and a review of the many processes and reactions the business offers.

Dow CMS was formed in 1995 to formalize and expand the custom manufacturing services the company has offered for more than 20 years to Dow subsidiaries and key specialty chemical and pharmacuetical customers.

Today, CMS involves an extensive, dedicated organization that offers a wide range of technology and business resources, as well as manufacturing services, to companies involved with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, agricultural, specialty chemicals, and specialty polymer products. The business operates more than a dozen facilities in North America, Africa, and Europe.

The Dow Chemical Company is a global science and technology based company that develops and manufactures a portfolio of chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services for customers in 168 countries around the world. With annual sales of more than US$18 billion, Dow conducts its operations through 15 global businesses employing 39,000 people. The company has 121 manufacturing sites in 32 countries and supplies more than 3500 products.

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