Company type | Joint Venture |
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Industry | Manufacturing Research & Development |
Founded | 1943 |
Headquarters | Midland, Michigan |
Key people | Mauro Gregorio, CEO & President |
Products | Speciality chemicals, silicon derived polymers |
Revenue | $6.12 billion (2012)[1] |
Number of employees | 12,000 [2] |
Parent | The Dow Chemical Company & Corning Inc |
Website | www.dowcorning.com |
Dow Corning Corporation,[3][4] was an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States, and was originally established as a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Corning Incorporated. In 2016, Dow bought out Corning, making Dow Corning a 100% Dow subsidiary. After a brief existence as a DowDuPont-owned company, Dow spun out from DowDuPont on April 1, 2019. The new company, Dow Silicones Corporation, which is wholly owned by Dow, specializes in silicone and silicon-based technology, and is the largest silicone product producer in the world.