Dow joined other local businesses at the St. Charles Parish Business Expo held March 12-13, 2004 at Hahnville High School. During the Expo, Dow employees met community neighbors and shared information about its operations in St. Charles Parish.


Ilean Pierre of Ama (left) and Stacey Hymel of Montz (center) were two of 12 winners who received cool Dow prize packs-buckets of household end-products that get their start with chemicals produced at St. Charles Operations. Pierre and Hymel are pictured here with Dow employee Dr. Dennis Gruwell.

Other prize pack winners included Martha Rosales, Gail Baudy, Michelle Hill, Leann Benedict, Diana Pendarvis, Veronica Harris, Celeste Chiasson, Niki Ferguson, Caroline Madere, and Joyce Arnold.

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Dow is a leader in science and technology, providing innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services to many essential consumer markets. With annual sales of $33 billion, Dow serves customers in more than 180 countries and a wide range of markets that are vital to human progress, including food, transportation, health and medicine, personal and home care, and building and construction, among others. Committed to the principles of sustainable development, Dow and its approximately 46,000 employees seek to balance economic, environmental and social responsibilities. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. St. Charles Operations is owned by Union Carbide Corporation, which is a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company.