Dow Biocides and ANGUS Chemical Company Introduce Product Portfolio for Leather Manufacturing Applications

Shanghai, China - September 05, 2006

Dow Biocides, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, and ANGUS Chemical Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, are jointly announcing the introduction of a portfolio of problem-solving biocides, synthetic tanning and cross-linking agents that impart superior functionality when formulating high quality leather tanning products. Used in beamhouse, wet end and finishing applications, the portfolio offers a range of benefits that can be achieved during all stages of the leather production process.

“With this expanded offering, we provide the leather chemical formulators a selection of cost-effective additives that help optimize and improve their portfolio to provide the tanneries with the highest quality, soft and full end products,” said Nanette Hermsen, global marketing manager, ANGUS Chemical Company and Dow Biocides. “Combined with our outstanding regulatory expertise and knowledge of the market, we’re able to use these products to help our customers solve their most difficult formulation challenges.”

Marketed under the ZOLDINE™ brand name, the ANGUS and Dow Biocides portfolio includes free-of-chrome tanning agents that improve chrome uptake, offer high shrinkage temperature, increase fixation of vegetable tannages, and improve penetration of waterproofing agents, among many other benefits. The products include:

ZOLDINE GA 50
ZOLDINE ZA-78
ZOLDINE ZE

Antimicrobial products from Dow Biocides are formaldehyde-free and offer quick kill performance over a wide pH range. The products include:

BIOBAN™ BIT
BIOBAN CMIT/MIT
DOWICIDE A
BIOBAN DXN
DOWICIL™ QK-20

ldquo;Offering a unique leather tanning portfolio, Dow Biocides and ANGUS are simplifying the formulation process by serving as a one-stop-shop for many biocide and synthetic tanning and cross-linking agent needs,” said Mark Henning, CEO, ANGUS Chemical and general manager, Dow Biocides. “The BIOBAN™ and ZOLDINE™ product lines are able to address many challenges experienced along the way in formulating leather chemicals for the tanneries.”

Owing to differing regulatory requirements around the world, not all products are available in all geographies. Up to date registration information can be obtained by calling the Dow Customer Information Group on North America: +1 800-309-0988 (toll free) 989-832-1465 (fax); Europe: 800-3-694-6367 (toll free)* 32-3-450-2240 (toll call) 32-3-450-2815 (fax); Pacific: 603-7958-3392 (toll call) 603-7958-5598 (fax).

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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Louise Falp
Dow Biocides
(847) 808-3771

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