Dow Biocides

Vincent Zeng Named Regional Commercial Manager China, for ANGUS and Dow Biocides

Guangzhou, China - August 08, 2006

Vincent Zeng has been named regional commercial manager for China, 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 role, he is responsible for coordinating all business development efforts in Greater China, as well as all current and on-going business for both ANGUS and Dow Biocides.

“Vincent will play a critical role in China, providing customers with local understanding, as he will oversee all administrative and leadership for employees at the customer application centers in China,” 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. Vincent will ensure that local customers will benefit from our global industry expertise and global processes and technologies in each of our key market areas.”

Located in Guangzhou, Vincent’s leadership coordination includes, but is not limited to: market plan implementation, sales deployment and technical sales and service, strategic partnerships and alliances, channel decisions and execution.

Vincent joined Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) in Guangzhou in 1993 as a business development representative and became office supervisor and product specialist in 1995. In 2001, Vincent was made senior account representative for Dow’s performance chemicals business following the UCC acquisition, and accepted his most recent role with ANGUS and Dow Biocides in 2004.

Vincent holds a Bachelor of Science degree in applied chemistry from the South China University of Technology.

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.

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Dow Biocides
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