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Dow Corning Fast Facts We are innovative leaders unleashing the power of silicon to benefit everyone, everywhere. Headquarters
Leadership
Dow Corning Corporation Corporate Center 2200 W. Salzburg Rd. PO Box 994 Midland MI 48686-0994 USA +1 989 496 4000 www.dowcorning.com
Stephanie A. Burns Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert D. Hansen President
Dow Corning (www.dowcorning.com) provides performance-enhancing solutions to serve the diverse needs of more than 25,000 customers worldwide. A global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, Dow Corning offers more than 7,000 products and services via the company’s Dow Corning® and XIAMETER® (www.xiameter.com) brands. Dow Corning is a joint venture equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning, Incorporated. More than half of Dow Corning’s annual sales are outside the United States. Dow Corning is also the majority shareholder in the Hemlock Semiconductor Group (www.hscpoly.com) joint ventures, which includes Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation and Hemlock Semiconductor, L.L.C. Hemlock Semiconductor is a leading provider of polycrystalline silicon and other silicon-based products used in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices and solar cells and modules. Hemlock Semiconductor began operations in 1961 and has announced more than $4 billion of investments since 2005.
Key Figures (Approximate numbers as of December 31, 2010)
Number of products and services offered
7,000
2010 sales
$6.00 billion
2010 net income
$866 million
Employees worldwide
11,500 (approx)
Employees in Asia
3,500
Active patents in the United States
Employees in Americas
6,000
Active patents worldwide
4,689
Employees in Europe
2,000
4-5%
Manufacturing and warehouses locations worldwide
45
Percentage of sales invested in R&D
Number of customers
25,000 999
Dow Corning Fast Facts continued 2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
$3,878.7
4,391.6
4,943.1
5,450.0
5,092.5
5,997.3
506.5
668.0
690.1
738.7
598.1
866.0
Net Sales (in millions of USD)
Net Income (in millions of USD)
$
Industry Specialties Automotive
Oil & Gas
Aviation & Aerospace
Paints & Inks
Beauty & Personal Care
Plasma
Chemical Manufacturing
Plastics
Construction
Power & Utility
Electronics
Pulp & Paper
Food & Beverage
Pressure Sensitive
Healthcare
Rubber Fabrication
Household & Cleaning
Semiconductor
Imaging
Solar
Industrial Lubrication
Textile, Leather, Nonwoven
Moldmaking
Global Media Relations Jarrod Erpelding (Global & U.S.)
[email protected] Phone: +1 989 496-1582 Liv Schneider-Affeld (Europe)
[email protected] Phone: +32 (0) 64888667
Cathy Yang (China)
[email protected] Phone: +86-21-2306-5573 Noriko Takasugi (Japan)
[email protected] Phone: +81-3-3287-8439 Bo Ra Song (Korea)
[email protected] Phone: +82 2 6411 7662