SHANGHAI, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow Electronic Materials, a leading supplier of printed circuit board materials, announced today that it has received a 2009 Best Partner Award from its customer Pegatron-Unihan. Because of its excellent performance in technology, support, quality, and logistics, Dow Electronic Materials was one of only two selected for Best Partner Award among 450 suppliers providing materials for Pegatron-Unihan’s Boardtek Computer.

“Pegatron-Unihan believes in building lasting partnerships with suppliers. Dow Electronic Materials has gone the distance in delivering the highest level of service to Pegatron-Unihan,” said Harold Lin, president of Boardtek Computer from Pegatron-Unihan group. “We extend our congratulations to Dow Electronic Materials, and our thanks for its commitment and efforts to support us. We look forward to continuing our partnership.”

JR Chen, Asia General Manager in Dow Electronic Materials, accepted the award on behalf of the company. “The award recognizes Dow Electronic Materials’ cutting-edge technologies in imaging and metallization processes for printed circuit boards, as well as our outstanding customer service. We look forward to our continuing partnership and future growth with Pegatron-Unihan.”

Looking ahead, Chen added that China and Asia will continue to be the growth engine for the printed circuit board industry. “Our sales and technical teams in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South East Asia will continue to deliver on our promises by providing advanced technology, outstanding service, strong technical support and added value,” he said.

About Pegatron

Pegatron, established on Jan. 1st, 2008, is a Taiwan-based leading DMS (Design and Manufacturing Service) company with extensive experience in product development and vertically integrated capabilities. With equity of US$2.7 billion, Pegatron is a market leader in developing diversified product lines covering motherboards, desktop PCs, notebooks, broadband, wireless systems, game consoles, networking, PBX, multimedia, LCD TV, and more. Pegatron distinguishes itself on the basis of a well-diversified product portfolio, abundant design experience, flexible manufacturing capabilities, and reliable after-sale services. More information about Dow can be found at www.pegatroncorp.com.

About Dow

Dow combines the power of science and technology with the “Human Element” to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company connects chemistry and innovation with the principles of sustainability to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, renewable energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow's diversified industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries and in high growth sectors such as electronics, water, energy, coatings and agriculture. In 2009, Dow had annual sales of $45 billion and employed approximately 52,000 people worldwide. The Company's more than 5,000 products are manufactured at 214 sites in 37 countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be found at www.dow.com.

About Dow Electronic Materials

Dow Electronic Materials, a global supplier of materials and technologies to the electronics industry, brings innovative leadership to the semiconductor, interconnect, finishing, photovoltaic, display, LED and optics markets. From advanced technology centers worldwide, teams of talented Dow research scientists and application experts work closely with customers, providing solutions, products and technical service necessary for next-generation electronics. These partnerships energize Dow’s power to invent. Its key end-use applications include a broad range of consumer electronics from personal computers, to television monitors, cellular phones, global positioning systems, automobile safety systems, and avionics.

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