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Research and Markets: Dow Chemical - A Leading Global Industry Player Records Profits of US$ 4.5 Billion

Posted on: Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 15:00 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c39948) has announced the addition of Dow Chemical: Company Analysis to their offering.

This report starts with an overview of Dow Chemicals, its organizational structure, and an assessment of its various businesses. It traces the growth of the company and how it has changed over the years. It also includes a critical analysis of Dow within the SWOT framework and a summary of its financial performance.

This report traces the developments in Dow's various businesses. Along with an incisive SWOT analyses, the report also analyzes Dow's financial performance. It highlights how Dow achieved its turnaround success through a combination of business realignment and a company-wide Six Sigma program that was initiated in 1999 and resulted in productivity gains, cost reduction and increased efficiency. It also sheds lights on its growth strategy on forming cross-industry alliances (Cytogen, Snamprogetti); business development initiatives in emerging economies such as China and India; cost reduction, and efficiency gains.

Products Mentioned:

- Polyethylene (PE) - Polypropylene (PP) - Polystyrene (PS) - Building and Construction - Automotive - Engineering Plastics - Epoxy Products and Intermediates - Polyurethanes and Thermoset Systems - Technology Licensing and Catalyst - Wire and Cable - Compounds - Acrylics and Oxide Derivatives - Latex - Specialty Chemicals - Specialty Polymers - Core Chemicals - Ethylene Oxide/Ethylene Glycol - Dow AgroSciences

Countries Covered: US, Europe Topics Covered 1. Corporate Overview 1.1 Corporate History 1.2 Key Facts 1.3 Subsidiaries/Affiliates 1.4 Organizational Chart 1.5 Profiles of Key People 1.6 Recent Developments 2. Business Description 2.1 Business Segments 2.2 Geographical Segmentation 2.3 Key Partnerships/Alliances 3. SWOT Analysis 3.1 Strengths 3.2 Weaknesses 3.3 Opportunities 3.4 Threats 4. Key Business Strategies 5. Financial Performance 5.1 Financial Highlights 5.2 Five-Year Financial Summary 5.3 Ratio Analysis 5.4 Market Indicators 6. Competitive Landscape 6.1 Industry Overview 6.2 Competition 6.3 Financial Assessment 7. Outlook

Summary

Dow Chemical, a leading global industry player, posted revenues of US$ 46 billion and profits of US$ 4.5 billion in 2005, an increase of 15% and 60%, respectively, over 2004. Increased margins in performance chemicals and plastics and sustained cost-reduction comprised the prime driving forces behind these results.

The company is a diversified science and technology company with presence in the agriculture, plastics, food, transportation, packaging, medicines and building & construction consumer markets. In 2005, despite the challenges posed by natural calamities and higher energy and raw material costs, Dow increased its profit margins and return on capital. Over the longer term, Dow faces the specter of spiralling input costs along with stagnation of end-user demand in the US market which accounted for 38% of its revenues in 2005.

Companies Mentioned

Monsanto & Dow Agrosciences, American Vanguard & Dow Agrosciences, DOR BioPharma & Dowpharma, Cytogen Corporation & Dowpharma, Snamprogetti & Dow Chemical, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals & Dow Pharma, Millennium Cell & Dow Chemical, Wacker Chemie & Dow Corning Corporation,

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c39948

Source: Business Wire

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