Andrew Liveris Receives the 2017 Global Leadership Award from the U.S.-India Business Council

MIDLAND, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Andrew
Liveris, chairman and chief executive officer of The Dow Chemical
Company (NYSE: DOW), was presented today with the 2017 Global Leadership
Award from the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC).

The award was presented to Liveris and Adi Godrej, chairman of the
Godrej Group, by John Chambers, USIBC chairman and executive chairman of
Cisco, during USIBC’s 42nd Annual Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.
– a prestigious event gathering senior business executives and
high-ranking political officials, including Vice President Mike Pence.
The award recognizes honorees for creating inclusive business
environments, integrating India in the global supply chain and advancing
core values such as manufacturing, innovation and scale in tough market
conditions.

“On behalf of Dow employees around the world who work every day to
strengthen the U.S.-India partnership to create mutually-beneficial,
sustainable value, I am honored to accept this award,” said Liveris.
“Advanced manufacturing technologies from Dow and other partners have a
pivotal role to play as Prime Minister Modi continues to transform the
dynamic Indian economy, including economic diversification, sustainable
growth and innovation.”

This event aligned with Prime Minister Modi’s first meeting with
President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. to discuss bilateral
partnership and common goals of promoting cooperation on trade and
economic partnership. Liveris’ recognition reflects his leadership on
core U.S.-India political goals, including mutual interest in promoting
more value-add domestic manufacturing.

Through President Trump’s Manufacturing Jobs Initiative, Liveris is
working to help identify new ways to spur innovation, revitalize the
U.S. manufacturing sector, and drive economic growth and prosperity. To
this end, he has led Dow to collaborate with governments on Advanced
Manufacturing Plans, including co-chairing the manufacturing committee
of the USIBC, which promotes specific areas to progress Prime Minister
Modi’s Make it in India initiatives.

Past USIBC Global Leadership Award honorees include: Jeff Bezos, founder
and CEO of Amazon; Dilip Shanghvi, founder and managing director of Sun
Pharmaceuticals; Indra Nooyi, chairman and CEO of PepsiCo; and Shobhana
Bhartia, chairperson and editorial director of the Hindustan Times Group.

About Dow

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passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company
is driving innovations that extract value from material, polymer,
chemical and biological science to help address many of the world’s most
challenging problems, such as the need for fresh food, safer and more
sustainable transportation, clean water, energy efficiency, more durable
infrastructure, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow’s
integrated, market-driven portfolio delivers a broad range of
technology-based products and solutions to customers in 175 countries
and in high-growth sectors such as packaging, infrastructure,
transportation, consumer care, electronics, and agriculture. In 2016,
Dow had annual sales of $48 billion and employed approximately 56,000
people worldwide. The Company’s more than 7,000 product families are
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