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George Biltz is business group president, Specialty Plastics & Elastomers for The Dow Chemical Company. In this role, he leads business, geographic and functional efforts that support the Specialty Plastics & Elastomers business group as well as Dow’s overall corporate agenda. Additionally, he serves on various Dow committee and management teams that address company-wide issues and define corporate policy.
Biltz joined Dow in 1978 as part of the Manufacturing group. After a variety of product engineering and production supervisory positions, he transferred into field sales in Rochester, NY in 1984. He returned to Midland, MI in 1986 and held several marketing roles, becoming global business director for Superabsorbent Products in 1994. In 1995, Biltz was named global business director for the Polyglycols Business in Specialty Chemicals.
In August 1999, Dow announced its intent to acquire ANGUS Chemical and Biltz was appointed to lead the integration team. The transaction was completed on October 1, 1999 and Biltz was appointed president and CEO of ANGUS Chemical in Buffalo Grove, IL.
Biltz was named vice president of Custom & Fine Chemicals in March of 2001and relocated to Horgen, Switzerland. In this role, he oversaw the creation of Dowpharma. In June of 2001, Biltz was also appointed president & CEO of Ascot and led the integration efforts of the Ascot acquisition. He returned to Midland in January 2004, when he was named business vice president of Ventures and New Business Growth, followed by vice president of Global Purchasing in March 2005. He was appointed to his current position of business group president in March 2007.
A strong supporter of the arts, Biltz currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the Midland Center for the Arts. He is also a commissioner on the Midland/Bay City/Saginaw International Airport Commission and chairman of its marketing committee.
Biltz holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Detroit and a master's degree in business administration from Central Michigan University. | 