A new product manufactured at Michigan Operations – FORTEFIBER™ Soluble Dietary Fiber – received a Food Expo Innovation Award in 2007 from the Institute of Food Technologists. More
Dow’s historic 47 Building served as the company’s corporate headquarters from 1916 to the 1960s. Although the building was demolished in mid-2006, its memory will live on. More
A Look at Our Site . . . Birthplace of The Dow Chemical Company
Drawn to Midland, Michigan, for its natural brine resources, the young Herbert Henry Dow built his first brine well here, more than 100 years ago. Today, Michigan Operations encompasses 1,900 acres, 550 buildings, more than 30 production plants, and centralized research and development facilities. The site also is home to Dow's main Research & Development campus.
Our employees help produce plastics, agricultural products and specialty chemicals to meet the needs of many of Dow’s global customers in the automotive, agricultural, paper, pharmaceutical and bioscience industries.
Fast Facts
Location: Midland, Michigan
Size: 1,900 acres
Facilities: More than 30 production plants; centralized research and development campus that serves Dow globally; a fully licensed, integrated waste management system that includes a world-class incinerator, full wastewater treatment plant capabilities, and a hazardous-waste landfill.
Site Mission — To Make Michigan Operations Globally Competitive
Vision
- Dow businesses invest in us.
- Our community welcomes us.
- This is a great place to work!
Site Strategy Key Elements
- Implement an ownership culture
- Aligned, effective leadership
- Best-in-class EH&S
- Enhance people success
- Achieve lowest total cost to meet business expectations
- Attract new investment
