2000s

2000 – Dow Purchases ANGUS

In October 1999, The Dow Chemical Company purchased ANGUS Chemical Company and its subsidiaries from TransCanada Pipelines, integrating it into Dow as a wholly-owned subsidiary in 2000.

2001 – ANGUS Chemical Singapore becomes operational under Dow

After being acquired by The Dow Chemical Company at the end of 2000, the ANGUS Chemical lab in Singapore moved to its present location — the Maxwell Science Park. In 2001, it became operational under Dow.

2001 – The biocides divisions of ANGUS Chemical Company, the Dow Chemical Company and Union Carbide Corporation merge to form a new business unit — Dow Biocides

After the acquisition of ANGUS in August 1999, and the merger of Union Carbide in February 2001, Dow Biocides combined the products, technologies, resources and capabilities of the three companies. The new business group doubled Dow’s biocides business and created a portfolio of 12 chemistries capable of solving a wide range of bacterial and fungal problems.

2005 – ANGUS completes multi-million dollar improvements to Sterlington Plant

ANGUS completed a multi-million dollar investment project at the Sterlington, Louisiana, USA, production site. The capacity expansion projects enabled ANGUS to increase volume for several products. The increase in production helped 2-NP and AMP™ dispersant reach record production volumes in July and August 2005.

2006 – ANGUS introduces eight regional customer application centers

ANGUS announced the introduction of eight regional customer application centers around the world to align its business growth strategies with direct market and customer focus.

In addition to its locations in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, USA; Horgen, Switzerland; Singapore and most recently Shanghai, China, ANGUS will be opening customer application centers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Tokyo, Japan; Guangzhou, China; and Mumbai, India. Each center will house fully equipped, state-of-the-art laboratories, dedicated technical sales representatives, and customer application specialists and technologists.