Cairo, Egypt - March 18, 2009

Dow Coating Solutions, a market facing business of The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow"), today announced its participation in the Middle East Coatings Show 2009 (March 17-19, Cairo International Convention & Exhibition Centre) in partnership with leading regional distributors. Dow Coating Solutions will showcase a range of industry innovations introduced in the past year, demonstrating its ongoing commitment in environment protection and sustainable development.

Dow Coating Solutions brings together the chemistries of 11 Dow businesses, including Dow Epoxy, Dow Biocides, Specialty Latex and ANGUS Chemical Company to provide customers easier access to the expertise needed to continually drive innovation in the coating industry. Product offerings and technical expertise concentrate on needs of coatings formulators in Architectural, Industrial OEM and Transportation and Corrosion Protection markets. Dow Coating Solutions has all of Dow’s coatings capabilities in one easy-to-access portfolio – making it easier for customers to collaborate with Dow as they work to develop new, or enhance current, formulations.

Among the total portfolio from Dow Coating Solutions products and solutions highlighted at this year’s Middle East Coatings Show 2009 in Cairo will be ANGUS Chemical Company and Dow Biocides.

Another Dow business also present at the show is Dow Wolff Cellulosics (DWC), a market leader in cellulose ether polymers. Dow Wolff Cellulosics offers products to improve the consistency and ease of application for many paints and coatings.

About Dow Coating Solutions

Dow Coating Solutions is a market-facing business unit of The Dow Chemical Company that focuses on the needs of coatings formulators and the coatings market. The business relies on many of Dow’s valuable assets, including multiple product chemistries, a highly-trained coatings R&D staff and an unparalleled global supply infrastructure, to offer product-agnostic solutions to coatings formulators worldwide. For additional information, please visit www.DowCoatingSolutions.com.

About Dow Wolff Cellulosics

A preferred development supplier in its industries, Dow Wolff Cellulosics supplies high-performance cellulose derivatives and complementary chemistries, and has experience in formulation know-how for a broad variety of end-use products in construction, food, personal care, pharmaceuticals, paint and other specialty industrial applications.

A business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, Dow Wolff Cellulosics was created on July 1, 2007 as a new business encompassing the activities of Wolff Walsrode and Dow’s Water Soluble Polymers business. More details about Dow Wolff Cellulosics are on the Web at www.dowwolffcellulosics.com.

About Dow Chemical in the Middle East

Dow has several current and proposed Middle East joint ventures in the UAE, Egypt, Kuwait and Libya as well as in Saudi Arabia, where Saudi Aramco and Dow are in the formation process of a joint venture to build, own and operate a world-scale chemicals and plastics production complex in the Eastern Province. From the opening of its first commercial office in Cairo in the early 1970’s to its facility in Jebel Ali in Dubai and its 10-year partnership in Kuwait with EQUATE, Dow has managed to establish a solid presence in the Middle East petrochemicals industry.

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For Editorial Information:

Mira Meghdessian
Dow Chemical in the Middle East
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Gaya Subramaniam
GolinHarris
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Gaurav Bhatnagar
GolinHarris
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