Industry
In 1890, a young man named Herbert Henry Dow arrived in Midland and subsequently founded The Dow Chemical Company. His success enabled Midland to survive the end of the logging era and to grow to its present size.
Now the heart of Michigan’s technology basin, Midland is the global headquarters of two Fortune 500 companies, Dow Chemical and Dow Corning Corporation, and home to the Midland Cogeneration Venture, the largest gas-fueled, steam recovery co-generation facility in North America.
Midland has become a center for industrial innovation, and is quickly becoming a hub for the solar energy industry, emerging technologies, and a variety of entrepreneurial pursuits.
For more on the City of Midland's economic development partner, visit Midland Tomorrow.