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Mike Lewis Named North American Sales Manager for ANGUS Chemical and Dow Biocides

Buffalo Grove, IL - May 18, 2005

Mike Lewis has been named North American sales manager for ANGUS Chemical Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company, and Dow Biocides, succeeding Greg Jorjorian who retires on May 31, 2005. Mike assumes the sales manager responsibilities in addition to his current role as North American distribution manager.

Mike joined Dow in January 1990 in the commercial development program. In 1991, he accepted a sales position in Chicago with Dow's plastic-lined pipe business. In 1995, he moved to a sales position in specialty chemicals, and was named a Six Sigma Black Belt for specialties sales in 2000.

In 2001, Mike transferred to ANGUS Chemical Company and, continuing his role as a commercial Black Belt, became a certified Six Sigma Black Belt in 2002. That same year, Mike joined the ANGUS sales organization with responsibility for key ANGUS accounts and North American distribution. With the consolidation of ANGUS and Dow Biocides leadership in 2004, Mike was appointed North American distribution manager for both businesses.

Mike earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of Lowell, Massachusetts in 1989. He is the recipient of two Dow Pinnacle Awards for Sales Excellence in 1998 and 2002. This award honors the 'best of the best' of Dow's sales professionals based on success in meeting customer, business and individual goals.

Aligned as a market-focused, solutions-driven specialty chemicals business, ANGUS is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company. ANGUS develops and delivers nitroalkane-based solutions to our customers for applications in latex paints, mineral slurries, metalworking fluids, water treatment, biological buffers, solvents and thinners, wood adhesives, pharmaceutical & agricultural intermediates, SBR latex shortstops, fuel additives and personal care and household products.

Boasting one of the industry's largest and most diverse product portfolios, Dow Biocides offers a product for just about every type of microbial challenge and system requirement. The performance capabilities range from high to low pH performance, quick kill to sustained performance and a range of registrations unparalleled in the industry.

Dow is a leader in science and technology, providing innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services to many essential consumer markets. With annual sales of $40 billion, Dow serves customers in 175 countries and a wide range of markets that are vital to human progress: food, transportation, health and medicine, personal and home care, and building and construction, among others. Committed to the principles of sustainable development, Dow and its 43,000 employees seek to balance economic, environmental and social responsibilities. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted.

More information on ANGUS Chemical Company and Dow Biocides is available on the Internet at  www.angus.com and www.dowbiocides.com


For Editorial Information:

Louise Falp
The Dow Chemical Company
(847) 808-3771