From lhuber@ncsa.uiuc.edu Wed Jan 5 12:49:42 1994 Received: from newton.ncsa.uiuc.edu for lhuber@ncsa.uiuc.edu by www.ccl.net (8.6.4/930601.1506) id LAA28322; Wed, 5 Jan 1994 11:57:40 -0500 Received: from heidi.ncsa.uiuc.edu by newton.ncsa.uiuc.edu with SMTP id AA04587 (5.65a/IDA-1.4.2 for chemistry@ccl.net); Wed, 5 Jan 94 10:57:38 -0600 Message-Id: <9401051657.AA04587@newton.ncsa.uiuc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 11:00:26 -0600 To: chemistry@ccl.net From: lhuber@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Lee Huber) Subject: re: What are the "Dow"s and what are the "Du Pont"s ??? In response to the request by Mingzuo Shen : >Hi all, > > In newspapers, magazines, advertisements, etc. I hear or the other> Dow. There are a lot of "Dow" chemical companies. ............. As a recent retiree from and consultant to the Dow Chemical Company, I will try to give you a little information about the "Dows". The headquarters of the Dow Chemical Company is in Midland, MI and where it could be addressed for job inquiries is: HR- Technical Recruiting Dow Chemical Company Employee Development Center Midland, MI 48674. This group recruits for Dow USA, Dow Plastics, and various divisions. Midland, MI has Central Research and Michigan R&D. This site has activities on polymers, monomers, inorganic chemicals, organic chemicals, and analytical methods. There is an active computational chemistry and engineering group. Additional R&D and production sites for Dow USA are: Dalton, GA: carpet backing. Granville, OH: films and foam. Freeport, TX: monomers, polymers, catalysts, inorganic and organic chemicals, major research site including computational chemistry. Plaquemine, LA: similar to Freeport but smaller. Dow USA has recently undergone a downsizing and it is probable that hiring will be slow next year. Some other "Dows" are: Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI: A 50-50 joint venture between Dow Chemical and Corning Glass companies. This is an independent Fortune 100 company with its own board and direction. Its activities are in the organo-silicon chemistry area including polymers, sealants, adhesives, surfactants etc. Marion Merrell Dow Inc., 9300 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64114: My understanding is that this is a wholly owned but independent subsidiary of Dow resulting from a combination of the pharmaceutical businesses acquired from Marion and Merrell with the Dow pharmaceutical business. This is a pharmaceutical company with R&D and mfg in MO and OH. Computational chemistry and drug modeling is included in their activities. DowElanco, 4040 Vincennes Circle, PO Box 681428, Indianapolis, IN 46268: This is a 70-30 joint venture between Dow and Eli Lilly and is an independent subsidiary company with its own management. It does mfg and R&D on agricultural products. DowBrands, Inc., Indianapolis, IN: Mfg various consumer products, cleansers, films, etc. Essex Specialty Products, Inc., Clifton, NJ: Adhesive systems. In addition there are global sites in Canada, Europe, Pacific, and South America. Hope this helps. Lee Huber ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee M. Huber e-mail: lhuber@ncsa.uiuc.edu HPC Management/NCSA voice: 217-244-4697 605 East Springfield Ave., 128CAB fax: 217-244-4694 Champaign, IL 61820 ----------------------------------------------------------------------