Amerchol Authorizes New Channel Partner for Canada
Partnerships provide customers with greater distribution and logistic support

Piscataway, NJ - April 07, 2008

In a move aligned with its evolving marketing strategy, Amerchol Corporation (“Amerchol”), a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) announced today that it has authorized Chemroy Canada Inc. (“Chemroy”) to distribute its products throughout Canada. This agreement is effective as of April 1, 2008.

Charles Tennant is also authorized to distribute Amerchol products in Canada, and will continue to do so. In discussing the addition of Chemroy to Amerchol’s group of channel partners, Denise Elias-Costrini, global marketing manager for Amerchol commented, “Charles Tennant has long-standing experience within the Canadian personal care industry, and Chemroy’s alliance with Pachem Distribution for personal care provides additional industry expertise. When combined with Amerchol’s portfolio of products and services, we are confident that our channel partners’ experience will help to support our customers’ product development goals.”

About Chemroy

Chemroy Canada Inc. is a leading specialty chemical and food ingredient distributor established in 1967. They supply valued added chemicals, ingredients and lab-related equipment which are manufactured by global leading industry suppliers to the Industrial, Food and Pharmaceuticals industries.

Customers trust Chemroy’s hands-on expertise to deliver quality chemicals and ingredients. We are proud to be known by the company we keep. Our suppliers are industry leaders using their own “best practices” to ensure the quality of their products. Chemroy Canada Inc. is a customer focused distributor with warehouses across Canada to meet your production requirements. For more information, please visit them at www.chemroy.ca.

About Amerchol

Amerchol, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated affiliates, is a global manufacturer and marketer of performance ingredients for use in personal care product applications. These ingredients are primarily emollients, moisturizers, deposition aids, conditioners, and thickeners and find the majority of their uses in consumer skin care and hair care products. As part of Dow Wolff Cellulosics, Amerchol is dedicated to providing solutions based on sustainable chemistry, and is able to leverage the technologies and capabilities of the Dow Wolff Cellulosics to the personal care industry. For more information, please visit our website at www.amerchol.com.

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For Editorial Information:

Jennifer Sigsworth
The Dow Chemical Company
1-989-636-1113

Andres Pugi
Chemroy Canada Inc.
1-905-789-0701