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Fast Facts About Dow in Texas

Dow is the largest chemical company in Texas with manufacturing sites, business centers, and research and development facilities located in the state. The company calls Channelview, Clear Lake, Freeport, Garland, Houston, La Porte, Seadrift and Texas City home.

Facts and Figures

Largest chemical company in the state
$13 billion in assets

Manufacturing Sites and Facilities

Six Manufacturing Sites
- Channelview
- Clear Lake
- Garland
- Houston Operations (La Porte)
- Seadrift (Union Carbide)
- Texas Operations (Manufacturing, Research and Development Center in Freeport)
- Texas City (Union Carbide)
One Business Center
- Houston Dow Center

Dow Businesses in Texas

Chemicals
Dow AgroSciences
Hydrocarbons and Energy & EO/EG
Market Facing
Performance Chemicals (Emulsion Polymers)
Polyolefins & Elastomers (Polyethylene, Polypropylene & INSITE*)
Styrenics and Engineered Products
Thermosets (Epoxy Products & Intermediates and Polyurethanes)

Sustainable Development
Dow in Texas is committed to the triple bottom line of Sustainable Development – economic prosperity, environmental stewardship, and corporate social responsibility

Economic Prosperity
Economic Impact

Payroll/Benefits: more than $650 million
State/Local Taxes: $87 million
Materials & Service Purchases: $600 million

Environmental Stewardship
Environment, Health & Safety

All sites active participants in industrial CAER programs
All sites working toward Dow's voluntary 2005 EH&S Goals including:
- Reduction of chemical emissions by 50 percent
- Reduction of loss of primary containment incidents by 90 percent
- Reduction of process safety incidents by 90 percent

Corporate Social Responsibility
Community Outreach Includes:

Approximately $2.5 million in charitable contributions and donations
More than $1.3 million in employee contributions to the United Way
All sites participating in a Community Advisory Panel or Citizens Advisory Council

Dow's Impact on the Texas Chemical Industry

Sites employ 11 percent of the chemical industry workforce statewide
Combined payroll is almost 8 percent of chemical industry employee earnings in Texas
Pays more then 17 percent of the more than $500 million in industry statewide property taxes

Community/Wildlife Activities

Academy of Natural Sciences – Bay, River and Estuary Studies
Aransas & Matagorda Wildlife Refuges
Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Dow Black Skimmer Colony
Great Texas Birding Classic
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Keep Texas Beautiful
Neotropical Spring Bird Count
Sea Center Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Texas Water Foundation
United Way

* Dow as used here often refers generically to The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.


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