Dow opens new representation office in Belarus

MINSK, Belarus - May 28, 2019 - Dow announced it opened a new representation office in Minsk, Belarus. The new office will help the Company sustain its business growth and pursue new business opportunities in the emerging market of Belarus.

“Opening a representation office in Belarus is a strategic decision for Dow, targeted to capture new opportunities and develop new projects going deeper into the local market realities,” said Arthur Eritspokhov, regional leader of Dow in Russia and the CIS. “It will also enable our team to be more customer-centric, to better introduce our innovative products and solutions to the local industries.”

Dow business is focused on three powerful, market-leading segments including:

• Packaging – one of the world’s deepest and most differentiated performance plastics portfolios with solutions and technologies that address consumer and brand owner demand for increased packaging convenience, reduce food waste, and advance the global development of telecommunications and electrical transmission and distribution infrastructure.
• Industry & Infrastructure – solutions that enable unique properties in manufacturing process, infrastructure markets and downstream finished goods.
  
• Consumer – a broad range of technology platforms that empower its customers to create ingredients and solutions with exceptional performance and process enhancements for home and beauty care applications and to develop residential solutions that advance the performance of architectural and industrial coatings.
  

“The local Dow team is committed to develop closer relationships with Belarusian companies and significantly accelerate development of the chemical industry in the country,” said Pavel Fedusenko, country manager of Dow in Belarus. “Dow offers existing and potential customers around the world one of the widest and deepest portfolio of materials science solutions, combined with global experience, premier technical and customer support, and the ability to create tailor-made solutions for its customers. We expect Dow’s new commercial presence in Minsk to benefit our customers and the Belarus industry at large.”

On May 29, Dow will hold a press conference for the local media to announce its official opening of the representation office. To register for the press conference and take part in the event, please contact Nadya Yan, yan6@dow.com, +7 910 083 4649.

About Dow in Russia and CIS

Dow has been present in Russia and the CIS since 1974. The Company today gathers around 300 employees at 4 main locations, including 2 manufacturing sites Finndisp in Ramenskoye and joint venture Dow Izolan in Vladimir, serving customers in the consumer care, infrastructure and packaging industries. Dow operates 38 manufacturing sites in 15 countries across Europe, Middle-East, Africa and India, and delivered pro forma net sales of $17.4 billion in 2018. More about Dow in Russia and the CIS www.dow.ru.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines one of the broadest technology sets in the industry with asset integration, focused innovation and global scale to achieve profitable growth and become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company. Dow’s portfolio of performance materials, industrial intermediates and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for our customers in high-growth segments, such as packaging, infrastructure and consumer care. Dow operates 113 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 37,000 people. Dow delivered pro forma sales of approximately $50 billion in 2018. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.

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