| COMPANY: | The Dow Chemical Co. |
| HEADQUARTERS: | Midland, MI |
| SIZE OF COMPANY: | 1,000 or more employees; more than $1B in revenue |
| INDUSTRY: | Chemicals |
| PRIMARY PRODUCT LINE: | Specialty chemicals, advanced materials, agroscience, and plastic products |
| NAME OF PROJECT: | Application of Tunable Diode Laser (TDL) technology |
| PROJECT OBJECTIVE: | To reduce energy consumption because it was the largest expenditure after worker-related costs |
| TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED: | Yokogawa Corp. TruePeak tunable diode lasers |
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ROI: | The technology is used extensively within the company and has reduced energy consumption and emissions, improved safety, and provided significant savings on fired heaters and ethylene cracking furnace. |