Arch Chemicals' Biocides Business Honors Dowd and Guild As Top Distributor of 2002 for Superior Customer Satisfaction.Business Editors CHESHIRE, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2003 Arch Chemicals Founded in 1999, Arch Chemicals (NYSE: ARJ) is a biocides company with over a billion dollars in annual sales. It consists of four divisions:
See: New York Stock Exchange : ARJ A compression program for backup archiving from ARJ Software, Inc., Norwood, MA (www.arjsoftware.com). Introduced in the early 1990s and created by Robert Jung (the RJ in ARJ), ARJ never achieved the popularity of PKZIP, although it is considered a worthy competitor. See JAR. ) Biocides business recently honored Dowd and Guild, Inc., which distributes Arch's Omadine(R) biocides and related products to customers in the antidandruff, metalworking fluids and building products markets in the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century , as the Top Distributor of 2002. Based in San Ramon, California San Ramon is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is a part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1980, the population of San Ramon has increased by over 128% from 22,356 to 51,027 in 2005. , Dowd and Guild is a specialty chemical A Specialty chemical is a chemical produced for a specialized use. They are produced in lower volume than bulk chemicals, of which petrochemicals, made from oil feedstocks, are the most common. However, both are produced in a chemical plant. distributor that has served Arch since 1998. Focusing on the adhesives, building products, coatings, ink, personal care and metalworking markets, it covers the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). , Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. "We selected Dowd and Guild for our top distributor award because they helped us achieve exceptional year-over-year sales growth in 2002 and because they do an excellent job of keeping our mutual customers satisfied and of quickly resolving any problems," explained Doug Simpson, Industrial Biocides Marketing Manager, and David Gregg, the National Account Manager for Arch Biocides. Mssrs. Simpson and Gregg presented the award to Tom Dowd, Howard Guild and Tina Onderbeke at Dowd and Guild's headquarters in California. Headquartered in Cheshire, Connecticut, Arch's Biocides business is a global market leader in personal care, metalworking fluids, building products and marine coatings markets. Drawing on both its product formulation skills and regulatory and toxicological expertise, Arch has registered its key products in the U.S., Europe, Asia and numerous individual countries. The business has manufacturing sites in the U.S. and Ireland and customer-support capabilities worldwide. For more information on Arch Biocides' products or services, please visit their Web site at www.archbiocides.com. Headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, Arch Chemicals, Inc. is a global specialty chemicals company with approximately $1 billion in annual sales. Together with its subsidiaries, Arch has 3,000 employees and manufacturing facilities in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Arch and its subsidiaries have leadership positions in four key segments -- Microelectronic Materials, Treatment Products, Performance Products and Other Specialty Products -- serving world leaders in these markets with forward-looking solutions to meet their chemical needs. |
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