In the Heart of Europe - The Dow Chemical Company

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Chemical production never sleeps – The Stade site in 2006. Salt is the raw material for producing diverse basic and specialtychemicals at the Stade site. This photo shows a drilling rig at the Ohrensen mining site. location by choosing the following words: “At the moment the most perfect machine in the world for the chemical recovery of salt”. And since this is literally being developed on a green field, Koch remarks laconically: “from the cow to Dow.” Dow and the other industrial companies are not welcomed without reservation by everybody in Stade. Until now, the city was mainly an administrative hub and had no experience in dealing with industrial production right outside their On June 1, 1972, the first product is shipped out of Stade: it is a tank wagon with hydrochloric acid. front door. In an open dialogue over time, however, Dow succeeds in winning over the majority of the population. The city, which has previously hardly had any funds for modern hospitals and schools, benefits from the enormous tax revenue from industry and becomes one of the wealthiest communities in Lower Saxony. This is how, for example, the renovation of the picturesque old town becomes possible. It subsequently develops into a gem and a tourist magnet.
* E. N. Brandt, Growth Company, Dow Chemical´s First Century, page 414 The chemistry is right between Dow and local politicians – in 1989, The City Director of Stade, Dr. Jürgen Schneider (left) and the Minister for Economic Affairs of Lower Saxony, Walter Hirche (2nd from right) visit the Stade site. Site Director Bernhard H. Brümmer (2nd from left) and Kurt Leutert, General Director of Dow in Germany, explain the planned construction of the MDI and polycarbonate plants via models. Dow Earns Respect In the German chemical industry, Dow operates for a long time in the shadow of the “Big Three”. “They haven’t yet accepted Dow as a full member of the club”, recalls the former Stade Site Director Bernhard H. Brümmer*. But with a continuously growing presence in Germany, “they accepted and respect Dow for Dow’s performance”. In particular, the results in the field of occupational safety are considered exemplary in the industry. In the seventies and eighties, additional plants go on line and production capacities are rapidly expanded. Labs for research and development, training centers and biological water treatment plants facilities are added. Dow invests in the infrastructure, e.g. for its own port facilities on the Rhine and Elbe rivers, making it possible to shift more freight from the road to the water. The number of employees increases as well: Dow welcomes its 1,000th employee in Stade in 1977. In 1993, Rheinmünster becomes the venue of an ambitious project – the cross-border Dow Rhine Center with approximately 1,000 employees. The Dow site on the German Rhine bank and the Dow site in the French city of Drusenheim, six kilometers away (where Dow AgroSciences, the business unit for crop protection, is located as well), are inte- A Company in the Heart of Europe grated and organized under a common management. Legally, they remain part of the respective country’s entities. The Rhine Center is unique in Europe and many believe the project is destined to fail. But, it works and takes its impetus from the fruitful mix of French and Germans, complemented by many other nationalities. At times, over 30 nations are represented here. The former head of the Rhine Center, Bart J. Groot, summarizes: “Bringing together diverse cultures generated ideas and values much richer than if every site had worked for itself alone.” Headquarters in Schwalbach Until 1995, Frankfurt/Main is the central location in Germany for departments such as Human Resources, Legal, Tax, Marketing/Public Affairs as well as In 1993, the crossborder Rhine Center is being set up from the Rheinmünster and Drusenheim locations. 10 | 11 The direct dialogue with the public decisively contributed to the high level of acceptance and trust in the neighborhood of the German sites.
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