Rajiv Rao Named Regional Commercial Manager for ANGUS and Dow Biocides in The Indian Subcontinent

Pune, India - August 08, 2006

Rajiv Rao has been named regional commercial manager for India, for ANGUS Chemical Company (ANGUS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company and Dow Biocides, a business group of The Dow Chemical Company. In his position he is responsible for coordinating all business efforts in the Indian Subcontinent and providing administrative and business leadership for all employees in the customer application center in this region.

“Rajiv will play a critical role in the Indian Subcontinent, providing customers with local understanding, as he will oversee all administrative and leadership for employees at the customer application center in India,” said Mark Henning, ANGUS CEO and general manager for Dow Biocides. “Globally, we have eight strategically placed regional centers, which include state-of-the art application labs for ANGUS and Dow Biocides, customer application specialists and technologists, to help solve our customers’ challenges. Rajiv will ensure that local customers will benefit from our global industry expertise and global processes and technologies in each of our key market areas.”

Rajiv joined Dow in Mumbai, India in 1997 working as a technical service representative (TSR) for the Dow Polyurethane System House (PUSH). In 2001, he was promoted to senior TSR within PUSH and served in this role until 2005. Since 2005, Rajiv has been responsible for polyurethane, performance fluids, and Biocides sales within the Indian Subcontinent, as well as for chemical intermediates and Dow’s performance chemical and thermosets portfolio in Pakistan. Prior to joining Dow, Rajiv was a process engineer at DIAB Inc., in Dallas, Texas where he was responsible for developing new rigid structural PU foam and setting up a plant for its production.

Rajiv holds a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Oklahoma.

ANGUS: Original. As the original industry source for nitroparaffin, ANGUS Chemical Company continues to develop and deliver unique nitroalkane-based chemistries for customers in applications as diverse as paints and coatings, metalworking fluids, water treatment, biological buffers, solvents and thinners, wood adhesives, pharmaceutical and agricultural intermediates. Aligned as a market-focused, problem-solving specialty chemicals business, ANGUS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company. Visit us online: www.ANGUS.com.

Offering the industry's largest and most diverse product portfolio, 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. For more information on Dow Biocides, visit www.dowbiocides.com

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For Editorial Information:

Louise Falp
Dow Biocides
(847) 808-3771


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