Dow names new VP

Dow Building & Construction has appointed Carol Eicher as its new business group VP, replacing Torsten Kraef, who has been named VP for Dow polyurethanes.

Eicher was formerly business director for Dow performance monomers. Prior to its acquisition by Dow, she spent 10 years at the former Rohm & Haas, where she held multiple VP and business director roles spanning the electronic materials, monomers and specialty materials business groups. She brings more than thirty years of industry experience to her new role.

Eicher holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the York College of Pennsylvania. She also attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.

A business group within Dow’s Advanced Material Division, Building & Construction is comprised of two business units -- Dow Building Solutions and Dow Construction Chemicals. The two business units collectively employ about 1,700 people worldwide, and generate almost $2 billion in revenue while operating more than 30 plants worldwide.