Two years ago George Hamilton, Dow's commercial director of engineering plastics, approached Elkhart, Ind.

FORBES: Chemical Transformation

In 1989 Dow's materials-engineering center beat out GE for the chance to build, using plastics, a riding lawn mower for John Deere.

FORBES: Chemical transformation

In 1989 Dow's materials-engineering center beat out General Electric for the chance to build, using plastics, a riding lawn mower for John Deere.

FORBES: Chemical Transformation