DOW

Dow Inc.

A maker of the plastics, silicones, and specialty chemicals found in everything from food packaging to phone cases to building materials, Dow Inc. began in 1897 when chemist Herbert Dow started pulling bromine from the brine beneath Midland, Michigan. Today one of the world's largest chemical producers, it serves those markets through businesses like Packaging & Specialty Plastics. Fun fact: its Saran Wrap film began in 1933 when a lab worker found an unscrubbable, waterproof residue in a beaker and nicknamed it 'eonite.'