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Abstracts, Publications and Presentations
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| January 24 , 2008 | Dow Chemical Awards “Methane Challenge” Grants to Cardiff and Northwestern Universities |
| September 21, 2007 | Dow AgroSciences Wins United Nations’ Montreal Protocol Innovators Award for Stratospheric Ozone Protection Efforts |
| August 9, 2007 | Timberland Selects DOW VORALAST™ Soling System with Renewable Content for Mion® Sandals |
| July 30, 2007 | Dow Receives Innovation Award for FORTEFIBER™ Soluble Dietary Fiber |
| July 30, 2007 | Dow and Solvay Form Joint Venture to Build Hydrogen Peroxide Plant in Thailand; Dow and BASF Continue to Pursue Plans for Thailand HPPO Plant |
| July 24, 2007 | Dow Introduces FINGERPRINT™ Polyethylene Resins for Micro-Irrigation Applications |
| July 19, 2007 | Dow and Crystalsev Announce Plans to Make Polyethylene from Sugar Cane in Brazil |
| July 11, 2007 | Dow Introduces HYPOD™ Polyolefin Dispersions Breakthrough Technology Used to Make Waterborne Dispersions of Polymers |
| June 14, 2007 | Dow Water Solutions Technology Helps to Reduce Arsenic Levels in New Mexico Water |
| June 12, 2007 | Dow introduces new adhesive for hot and cold water pipe structures |
| May 30, 2007 | Dow Introduces AMPLIFY™ IO Functional Polymers |
| May 14, 2007 | Shenhua Group and The Dow Chemical Company Sign Co-operation Agreement on Coal-To-Chemicals Project |
| May 14, 2007 | Dow Introduces New High Performance PE Resin for Geomembranes |
| May 14, 2007 | Aging In Style: Dow Polyurethane Carpet Backing Technology Improves Assisted Living Facilities |
| May 11, 2007 | Dow, Berkeley National Labs and China's Energy Research Institute Partner to Improve Energy Efficiency in China |
| May 08, 2007 | Dow Launches “Green” Biocide for Paints and Coatings Market |
| March 26, 2007 | Dow Epoxy Advances Glycerine-To-Epichlorohydrin and Liquid Epoxy Resins Projects by Choosing Shanghai Site |
| March 20, 2007 | Dow Announces Sponsorship of Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels |
| March 19, 2007 | Dow Announces Major New Sponsored Research Program for Methane Conversion |
| March 19, 2007 | Dow Water Solutions Creates Model to Determine Lifetime of ADSORBSIA™ GTO™ Arsenic Removal Media Under Varying Water Quality Conditions |
| March 15, 2007 | Dow Achieves Another Major Milestone in its Quest for Sustainable Chemistries |
| March 9, 2007 | Dow Solar Initiative Receives Major U.S. DOE Solar Energy Funding |
| February 20, 2007 | Charles Kresge Elected into National Academy of Engineering |
| October 20, 2006 | Dow to Significantly Enhance its Capabilities to Serve Asian Customers Through Construction of a New Dow Center in China |
| September 21, 2006 | Dr. James C. Stevens of Dow Chemical Receives 2006 Perkin Medal |
| June 16, 2006 | Dow Chemical Names A. Sreeram to Lead Core Research and Development |
| June 5, 2006 | Bill Banholzer from The Dow Chemical Company Elected Councilor of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering |
| May 1, 2006 | Pak-Wing “Steve” Chum from The Dow Chemical Company Receives 2006 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers |
| March 8, 2006 | Pak-Wing "Steve" Chum from The Dow Chemical Company Elected to Plastics Hall of Fame |
| February 17, 2006 | Lanny Robbins, Retired Dow Research Fellow, Elected to the National Academy of Engineering |
| October 18, 2005 | Dow’s James C. Stevens Receives 2006 ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry |
| October 18, 2005 | Dow R&D Executive Gives Keynote Address at China/Japan/U.S. Chemical Engineering Conference: Describes Trends and Innovation Opportunities |
| October 12, 2005 | Dow's Kurt W. Swogger Earns Prestigious "R&D Metrics" MVP Award |
| August 31, 2005 | Dow to Build a New Center in Shanghai, China |
| July 8, 2005 | Dow Appoints New Chief Technology Officer |
| April 5, 2005 | Dow and Snamprogetti Developing Breakthrough Technology for Styrene Production New Technology Would Realize Significant Cost Savings |
| Abstracts, Publications and Presentations | |
| How Might Biofuels Impact the Chemical Industry? Considering the range of possibilities and constraints, a major transformation of the chemical industry's current capital structure is unlikely for at least a few decades. William F. Banholzer, Keith J. Watson and Mark E. Jones |
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| A new decoupling method for accurate quantification of polyethylene copolymer composition and triad sequence distribution with 13C NMR. (800KB PDF) Zhe Zhou, Ph.D.; Rainer Kümmerle, Ph.D.; Xiaohua Qiu, Ph.D.; David Redwine, Ph.D.; Rongjuan Cong, Ph.D.; Angela Taha, Ph.D.; Daniel Baugh, Ph.D.; Bill Winniford, Ph.D. Journal of Magnetic Resonance: 187 (2007) 225–233 |
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| May 2007 - Dow AgroSciences' recently published paper covering work done in collaboration with Biotica on "Engineering of the Spinosyn PKS: Directing Starter Unit Incorporation" has been selected as best paper of the year by the Journal of Natural Products. | |
| Engineering of the Spinosyn PKS: Directing Starter Unit Incorporation. Sheehan, Lesley S.; Lill, Rachel E.; Wilkinson, Barrie; Sheridan, Rose M.; Vousden, William A.; Kaja, Andrew L.; Crouse, Gary D.; Gifford, James; Graupner, Paul R.; Karr, Laura; Lewer, Paul; Sparks, Thomas C.; Leadlay, Peter F.; Waldron, Clive; Martin, Christine J. Chesterford Research Park, Biotica Technology Limited, Essex, UK. Journal of Natural Products (2006), 69(12), 1702-1710. | |
| A Method For Determination of Soluble Dietary Fiber in Methylcellulose and Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose Food Gums. Turowski, Maciej. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Volume 20 (420-429), Number 5, August 2007. |
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| Validation Of A Size Exclusion Liquid Chromatographic Method For Determination Of Methylcellulose And Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose Food Gums As Soluble Dietary Fiber In Food And Food Product. Deshmukh, Balasaheb K. Food Chemistry, Volume 104 (852-857), Issue 2, 2007. |
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