October 11, 2006—Dow Chemical Company says it is forming a business unit comprised of brands and enabling-component technologies designed to advance the science of desalination, water purification, contaminant removal, and water recycling.
Dow Water Solutions will focus on proactively meeting the needs of the company’s water industry customers by leveraging the capabilities and technologies found within Dow’s various businesses.
The new framework for Dow Water Solutions further solidifies Dow’s commitment to provide pure water for both industrial and drinking water applications globally as part of the company’s Sustainability Goals for 2015.
With revenues of approximately $350 million and over 1,000 employees worldwide, Dow Water Solutions is a performance business unit that maintains five production facilities globally to manufacture, market, and sell FILMTEC reverse osmosis membranes, DOWEX ion exchange resins, ultrafiltration, and electrodeionization products and other technologies.
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