Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) is an American chemical company. UCC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company. Union Carbide produces chemicals and polymers that undergo one or more further conversions by customers before reaching consumers. Some are high-volume commodities and others are specialty products meeting the needs of smaller markets. Markets served include paints and coatings, packaging, wire and cable, household products, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, textiles, agriculture, and oil and gas. The company is a former component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
1922 advertisement for Union Carbide gas lighting. Electric lighting was not yet common in many rural areas of the United States.
Protest in Bhopal, India, 2010
The Dow Chemical Company is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. The company was among the three largest chemical producers in the world in 2021. It is the operating subsidiary of Dow Inc., a publicly traded holding company incorporated under Delaware law.
Founder Herbert Henry Dow
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U.S. Army helicopter spraying Agent Orange over agricultural land during the Vietnam War
Dow Chemical banner in Bhopal, India, 2010