Dow Announces Propylene Glycol Price Increase in North America

October 01, 2007

The Dow Chemical Company announced today that it will increase all off-list selling prices in North America by US$0.04 per pound for the following products:

• Propylene Glycol Industrial Grade (PGI)
  
  
• Propylene Glycol USP/EP (PG USP/EP)
  
  
• Dipropylene Glycol Regular Grade (DPG)
  
  
• Dipropylene Glycol LO+ (DPG LO+)
  
  
• Tripropylene Glycol Regular Grade (TPG)
  
  
• Tripropylene Glycol Acrylate Grade (TPG Ac)

This increase will become effective November 1, 2007 or as allowed by individual contract terms.

About Dow PO/PG

Dow is the world’s largest producer of propylene oxide (PO) and propylene glycols (PG), with a global annual capacity of around 1.9 million tons for PO and more than one billion pounds for PG. Dow’s PO / PG product offering includes PO, propylene glycol industrial grade (PGI), propylene glycol USP/EP grade (PG USP/EP), dipropylene glycol regular grade (DPG), dipropylene glycol LO+ grade (DPG LO+) and tripropylene glycol regular grade (TPG) and tripropylene glycol acrylate grade (TPG Ac). For more information about PO and PG from Dow, visit www.dowpo.com and www.dowpg.com.

About Dow

For Editorial Information:

Jessic Dub
The Dow Chemical Company
1-989-638-0550