Dow Corning Corporation

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $4,299 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $7,982 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 8,300
• Sub-industry: 28 Chemicals and Allied Products
• Place of incorporation: MI
• Court for city of headquarters: MI Bay City
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Sheinfeld Maley
• Date of filing: May 15, 1995
• Judge at filing: Arthur J. Spector
• Court district of filing: MI ED
• Court city of filing: Bay City
• Case number: 95-20512
• Cause of bankruptcy: Other products
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? no
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: November 30, 1999
• Judge at disposition: Arthur J. Spector
• Days from filing to disposition: 1660

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, did not refile