Utrecht, The Netherlands - April 19, 2010
Dow Microbial Control, a business group of The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and global leader in hygiene and disinfection solutions, will showcase its expertise and introduce local leadership during VIV Europe in Utrecht, The Netherlands, April 20 to 22, 2010 (Dow Microbial Control Booth 8.F065).
Dow Microbial Control recently strengthened its presence in Europe with the addition of José Mosquera and Michal Drozdowski. Mosquera is the strategic marketing manager for the hygiene and disinfection solutions, personal care, household and I&I (industrial and institutional) segments. He is responsible for leading the strategic development and implementation of global market plans. Drozdowski, regional commercial manager for Central Eastern Europe and Turkey, leads business activities such as sales deployment, technical sales and strategic partnerships and alliances locally. Both Mosquera and Drozdowski joined Dow in 2009 as part of the Rohm & Haas acquisition.
Mosquera and Drozdowski will be joined at VIV Europe by Per Westin, regional commercial manager, to share knowledge about Dow Microbial Control's products for defending and protecting farms and preventing deadly animal diseases. Specifically, Dow Microbial Control will showcase GLUTEX™ animal hygiene solutions for use in farm animal, swine and poultry housing facilities, hatcheries and associated equipment, as well as industrial equipment and buildings. The GLUTEX product line has demonstrated effectiveness in a variety of locations throughout the farm including:
- Farm animal and poultry housing facilities: animal processing areas, barns and farrowing areas and general farm housing areas.
- Industrial equipment: mixing and product packaging equipment, transfer lines and storage tanks. GLUTEX™ sanitizers contain the highly effective microbiocide glutaraldehyde, which has a very low corrosion rate, making it particularly effective for use on industrial equipment and farm vehicles.
- Transportation: trucks wheels and tires, tractors, catch cages, floor mats, aluminum truck flooring and trailers.
- Flooring and walls: breeder, pullet, broiler, layer and turkey houses, floors, walls and ducts.
- Hatcheries: setter rooms, hatchers, egg rooms, hatching trays, tray washers, racks, boxes, chick processing facilities and equipment.
Dow Microbial Control's GLUTEX products target pathogens that cause deadly animal viruses, helping to control harmful microorganisms before they spread. They are used for a broad range of sanitizing applications, including gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and fungi, and protect against a variety of viruses pathogenic to animals, such as avian influenza (H5N1 and H6N2), aspergillus fumigates, salmonella cholerasuis, pseudomonas aeruginosa, SARS associated coronavirus, klebsiella pneumonia, staphylococcus aureus and infectious bursal disease (IBD).
“Our GLUTEX sanitizers have proven efficacy, with independent research data showing positive results against major poultry and animal viruses, including avian influenza (H5N1/H6N2),” Mosquera said. “GLUTEX sanitizers are a key component to establishing an efficacious and comprehensive biosecurity program that treats bacteria, viruses and fungi to control deadly animal diseases, contributing to successful farm operations.”
Dow Microbial Control offers comprehensive resources to help support our customers' animal biosecurity programs -- including experience in Europe's regulatory environment -- delivered at a local level through customer application centers in Valbonne, France; Buchs, Switzerland; and Horgen, Switzerland. A new, state-of-the-art center will open in June, replacing the current facility in Horgen. Each customer application center has dedicated application and challenge testing laboratories and a knowledgeable staff who ensure a personalized approach to problem solving for each customer.
About Dow Microbial Control
Dow Microbial Control innovates with science and technology to provide long-term viable and sustainable microbial control. Our comprehensive global offering provides everything customers need to optimize formulations, including the highest performing and best supported portfolio of registered actives and products. With world-class people organization-wide and the only complete portfolio of microbial control technologies, Dow Microbial Control can solve any microbial control problem. From specialty to highly regulated and non-regulated, the company has the expertise and essentials for sustainable microbial protection for all products and processes. Ask more of us and visit www.DowMicrobialControl.com.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines the power of science and technology to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company connects chemistry and innovation with the principles of sustainability to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, renewable energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow's diversified industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries and in high growth sectors such as electronics, water, energy, coatings and agriculture. In 2011, Dow had annual sales of $60 billion and employed approximately 52,000 people worldwide. The Company's more than 5,000 products are manufactured at 197 sites in 36 countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be found at www.dow.com.
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