BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. - The Dow Chemical Company has streamlined its North America and Canada distribution network for its biocides product portfolio. The changes, effective July 1, 2005, provide a network of specialty distributors capable of serving the needs of Dow's North American and Canadian customers.

The revised distribution network for adhesives/coatings/ inks/polymers/textiles is:

• Callahan - Northeastern states

• E.T. Horn - Western states

• Lintech - Southeastern & Gulf states

• M.F. Cachat - Upper Midwest/Great Lakes states