Edina Operations Announces Change in Leadership

Minneapolis - March 10, 2009

Tom Bass has been named site leader for Dow Water Solutions’ Edina Operations, replacing Harry Engelhardt, Jr., who has been named site leader for Dow’s Texas City Operations. Bass was also named as site director for FilmTec and operations director for Specialty Polymers.

“My time here has been extremely rewarding. I am proud of our employees and all they have accomplished,” said Engelhardt, Jr. “Dow Water Solution’s FilmTec Operations is a strong, integrated facility with an excellent safety culture and talented, committed people. It is poised for growth. I know that Tom will continue Dow’s strong focus on partnerships with the communities around FilmTec Operations.”

Bass began his career as an alternating term co-op in Michigan Division in 1984, and is a registered professional engineer in California. He has held a variety of manufacturing roles in California at the Pittsburg, Torrance and Long Beach sites, as well as the DowElanco site in Indianapolis. In 1995, Bass moved to Freeport where he served as global improvement leader for Polycarbonate and later as production leader for Freeport Polycarbonate. Later, Bass became European supply chain manager for Engineering Plastics in Horgen, Switzerland, and Asia new business development director for Engineering Plastics in Hong Kong. Most recently, Bass was director for the Acrylics, Solvents and Amines Technology Center.

Said Bass, “I am looking forward to getting to know our community neighbors, and learning more about the role Edina Operations plays as a community partner. We have a great deal to be proud of at our site. Our employees work hard every day to safely and responsibly manufacture products, while also investing in our community. Great things are happening at Dow Water Solutions in Edina, and there is more to come.”

About Dow Water Solutions

Dow Water Solutions is a performance-based business unit comprised of leading world-class brands and enabling component technologies designed to advance the science of water purification around the world, including seawater desalination, contaminant removal and water reuse. With more than 1,000 employees worldwide, the business maintains five production facilities globally to manufacture, market and sell reverse osmosis membranes, ion exchange resins,  titanium-based arsenic removal media, ultrafiltration, and electrodeionization components. Dow Water Solutions also manufactures, markets and sells premier water purification systems in China. For additional information about Dow Water Solutions products, visit www.dowwatersolutions.com.

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