The Portfolio Development, Feedstocks and Performance Plastics division of Dow Chemical Company will participate at the Wells Fargo Industrial and Construction Conference in New York on May 5, 2015.

Brian Ames, senior vice president of the division will highlight the role Dow plays in key growth projects and provide progress updates for projects on the US Gulf Coast and in the Middle East.

In addition, Ames will provide an overview of Dow’s recent divestiture announcements in line with the strategic actions it is taking to increase its portfolio resiliency and return value to shareholders.

NYSE-listed Dow Chemical Company combines the power of science and technology to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress.

The Company is driving innovations that extract value from the intersection of chemical, physical and biological sciences to help address many of the world's most challenging problems.

Dow's integrated, market-driven, industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agro-sciences and plastics businesses deliver a broad range of technology-based products and solutions.

It serves customers in approximately 180 countries and in high-growth sectors such as packaging, electronics, water, coatings and agriculture.

In 2014, Dow had annual sales of more than $58 billion and employed approximately 53,000 people worldwide.

The Company's more than 6,000 product families are manufactured at 201 sites in 35 countries across the globe. (AR)