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Dow spin-off to emerge as major chemical company

March 8, 2019

Chemical conglomerate DowDupont gave more detail about its planned three-way breakup Friday, giving investors a glimpse into itsspin-off strategy in which a new commodity chemical arm called Dow will emerge April 1. DowDuPont, which has Houston operations and a major chemicals complex in Freeport, announced its plans to break apart into three companies in 2015 after Dow and Dupont merged. Now that breakup is  almost here. It will result in three new companies:Corteva Agriscience, Dow and DuPont.

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