Dow Wolff Cellulosics
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Dow Chemical Company creates Dow Wolff Cellulosics, a $1 bil. specialty business unit that sells high-performance cellulosics for personal care and other applications, firm announces July 2. The new business unit combines all activities and interests of two previously established companies - Wolff Walsrode AG and Dow Chemical's Water Soluble Polymers business. The new unit sells cellulosics such as SoftCAT SX Polymers, which figure in hair care, Methocel cellulose ethers, which are used in skin care, and Polyox water-soluble resins, which are an important component of skin cleansers, oral care, hair care and shaving products. The new unit will be led by Martin Sonntag as general manager. Steve Swartzmiller will serve as director of global innovation and R&D, Reiner Roghmann as global manufacturing director, and Volker Eckhardt as head of the firm's methyl cellulosics business manufacturing, firm says...