Dow Solutions Help Solve Water Challenges

MIDLAND, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow Water & Process Solutions (DW&PS), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), helps customers tackle water challenges in a sustainable way. Dow solutions enable improved water quality for both drinking and processing, while reducing costs through improved flow rates, lower energy use, and smaller footprints.

“Through innovating new advances in membrane chemistries and operational efficiencies, we are increasing the quality while lowering the cost of producing or treating water”

“Through innovating new advances in membrane chemistries and operational efficiencies, we are increasing the quality while lowering the cost of producing or treating water,” said Snehal Desai, global business director, DW&PS. “Our approach incorporates a sustainability mindset for our customers. This is evident in our recent product introductions that carry significant sustainability benefits such as reduced energy requirements, increased flow and more streamlined design.”

For example, DW&PS’ new DOW™ FILMTEC™ ECO reverse osmosis elements deliver enhanced energy savings and industry-leading salt rejection. Earlier this year Dow purchased the remaining equity in Clean Filtration Technologies, Inc. and introduced TEQUATIC™ PLUS filters. The TEQUATIC PLUS filter is a new way to remove fine particles from difficult-to-treat feedwaters without the need for costly cartridge replacements. Also this year, DW&PS introduced DOW IntegraPac™ ultrafiltration skids pre-engineered to reduce material costs, lower freight costs and enable faster assembly.

“Every day we are contributing to Dow’s overarching goal to further reduce the cost and energy-intensity of water treatment. Our new products are a testament to our growth goals and dedication to customer success through innovative technology solutions,” said Desai.

“Additionally, we’ve invested in impressive assets and sourcing options to meet customer demand. In fact, our new DOW FILMTEC Reverse Osmosis manufacturing facility in Huzhou, China, will be online in 2013 to further meet market needs.”

Dow Water & Process Solutions is one of the only manufacturers today to offer a full portfolio of separation and purification technologies. Ion exchange resins, reverse osmosis membranes, ultrafiltration membranes, fine particle filtration devices and electrodeionization products continue to set an industry standard for quality and reliability. These products play a key role in delivering high purity water across major use sectors including residential water, power, wastewater and water reuse, industrial process water, ultrapure water, desalination and municipal water.

About Dow Water & Process Solutions

The global leader in sustainable separation and purification technology, Dow Water & Process Solutions is making a clear impact in the world. We’re helping to make water safer and more accessible, food taste better, pharmaceuticals more effective and industries more efficient and spearheading the development of sustainable technologies that integrate water and energy requirements. Dow Water & Process Solutions offers a broad portfolio of ion exchange resins, reverse osmosis membranes, ultrafiltration membranes and electrodeionization products, with strong positions in a number of major application areas, including industrial and municipal water, industrial processes, pharmaceuticals, power, residential water and waste and water reuse. More information about Dow Water & Process Solutions can be found at www.dowwaterandprocess.com

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines the power of science and technology to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company connects chemistry and innovation with the principles of sustainability to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, renewable energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow's diversified industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries and in high growth sectors such as electronics, water, energy, coatings and agriculture. In 2011, Dow had annual sales of $60 billion and employed approximately 52,000 people worldwide. The Company's more than 5,000 products are manufactured at 197 sites in 36 countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be found at www.dow.com.