Ex-Dow PU boss joins industrial packaging group

By Patrick Raleigh, UT On-line/news editorDelaware, Ohio-David Fischer, the former vice president of Dow Polyurethanes, is to join Greif Inc., a Delaware, Ohio-based supplier of industrial packaging. He will become senior vice president and divisional president of the group’s Industrial Packaging & Services – Americas division on 1 Nov. Greif reported global sales of around $1400 million for the IPS unit in 2003.Fischer became head of Dow Polyurethanes in 2000, having risen through the ranks at Dow Chemical over the previous 14 years. He left Dow following a major group-wide reorganisation towards the end of 2003.”