Wolff Walsrode

Company History: The factory in Bomlitz (based in Walsrode), which operated as Wolff & Co. for almost a century, had emerged from a powder factory founded in 1815 and was one of the oldest and largest chemical sites in Lower Saxony. Wolff Walsrode AG was most recently a holding company in the Bayer group. It included companies in the chemical industry, the packaging industry and production-related services.

Several independent companies and parts of companies emerged from the plant, which characterize today's Walsrode Industrial Park in Bomlitz. A significant part has been a business unit of the Dow Chemical Company since 2007 under the name Dow Wolff Cellulosics GmbH. Another essential part has been merged into the Wihuri Packaging Group and this is the largest location of the Wipak Group.From Wikipedia

Successor/Parent History: The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), commonly referred to as Dow, is a multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan. Dow provides chemical, plastic, and agricultural products and services to consumer markets that include food, transportation, health and medicine, personal care and construction, and operates in approximately 180 countries.

As of 2014, Dow ranked third in chemical production (after BASF and Sinopec), and as of 2015, was the third largest chemical company in the world by revenue (after Sinopec and BASF). Dow was also the world's largest chlorine producer, with 5.7 billion tons a year of production before Dow's association with Olin was formed; was ranked as the world's largest plastics manufacturer during 2008, and the largest manufacturer of polyalkylene glycols in 2013.

Dow's principal lines of business include Agricultural Sciences, Consumer Solutions, Infrastructure Solutions, Performance Materials & Chemicals, and Performance Plastics. It employs approximately 53,000 people worldwide. Dow's 2014 sales totaled approximately $58.2 billion. Dow has been called the "chemical companies' chemical company" in that most of its sales are to other industries rather than end users, although Dow sells directly to end users primarily in the human and animal health, agriculture, and consumer products markets.

The company was founded in 1897 by Canadian-born chemist Herbert Henry Dow. After a period of diversification, it became a major chemical company, a significant player in the world market, and a part of the military-industrial war effort during both World Wars.

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