Eriko Sakurai Named Global Industry Executive Director for Dow Corning Expertise-Based Industry Group


Brian Chermside Named CMO, Executive Director of Sales and Marketing and Customer Service

MIDLAND, Mich. - April 9, 2007 - Eriko Sakurai has been named global industry executive director for the Dow Corning Expertise-Based Industry Group, which comprises Molykote® brand lubricants, Dow Corning® brand industrial maintenance sealants, and Dow Corning® and Silastic® brand mold making products.

Sakurai will be responsible for all aspects of customer relations, sales, technical support, marketing, channel management, product line and technology development. Previously, she served as the global industry marketing director for the Dow Corning Life Sciences industry. She assumes her new responsibilities from Brian Chermside, who was named Dow Corning's chief marketing officer and executive director of Sales and Marketing and Customer Service.

"Eriko's wide range of experiences and capabilities during her career inside and outside of Dow Corning will be an invaluable asset as we continue to look for new and innovative solutions to best fulfill our customer's needs," said Stephanie A. Burns, Dow Corning chairman, president and CEO.

Sakurai joined Dow Corning Corporation in 1987 in the personal, household and automotive care commercial unit. She then held a variety of industry and Asian Area marketing and commercial positions in Midland, Michigan, and in Japan in the Specialty Chemicals and Core Products businesses.

She developed a solid knowledge of the sealant value chain and demonstrated skills in managing channel relations during her tenure in the Asian Area Construction Industry. Her customer focus attributes were enhanced during her work as the as executive director of marketing and representative director for Avon Products Company Ltd., Japan. She returned to Dow Corning in 2005 as Life Sciences global industry marketing director.

Chermside joined Dow Corning in 1985 and has served in a wide variety of positions, including manager of Electrical and Communications Industry, product line manager for methyl fluids and intermediates, and general manager of the Personal, Household and Automotive Care Commercial Unit in Life Sciences. He became global marketing director of Life Sciences in 1999. He will relocate to Midland, Michigan, from Seneffe, Belgium, in August 2007.

"Brian's business acumen and marketing insights will be invaluable in our corporate vision of putting customer needs at the heart of our business strategy," said Burns.

About Dow Corning
Dow Corning (www.dowcorning.com) provides performance-enhancing solutions to serve the diverse needs of more than 25,000 customers worldwide. A global leader in silicon-based technology and innovation, offering more than 7,000 products and services, Dow Corning is equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning Incorporated. More than half of Dow Corning's sales are outside the United States.

Molykote® Smart Lubrication(TM) from Dow Corning
For nearly 60 years, OEM designers, maintenance and materials engineers around the world have trusted the Molykote brand for performance and expertise to solve or prevent virtually any plant lubrication problem. Products include one of the industry's most complete line of greases, pastes, anti-friction coatings, and dispersions; multi-purpose oils; synthetic and/or ultra-high-purity mineral-oil fluids for hydraulic systems, compressor oils, vacuum pump oils, gear box and chain oils; and specialty lubricant compounds. Services include oil analysis, lubrication scheduling software, lubricants consolidation audits and training and consultation on lubrication best practices. Molykote solutions are available through a network of more than 3,000 channel partners. For more information, visit www.molykote.com, or e-mail industrial@dowcorning.com.

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