Dow integrates scientific and technological skills to develop avant garde solutions in the science of materials, which are fundamental for human progress. Dow uses the most valid and varied tools in the industry, characterized by solid technological skills, resource integration, scale skills and competitive skills that can face the major global challenges. With a market-oriented portfolio and as a leader in the sector of advanced materials, intermediate materials and plastics, Dow offers its customers a wide range of products and solutions based on differentiated technologies in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructures and personal care. Dow is a subsidiary of DowDuPont, a holding company composed of Dow and DuPont, with the goal of creating three solid, independent, listed companies specializing in the Agriculture sector, the Materials Science sector and the Speciality Products sector.
Dow Polyurethanes
Dow Polyurethanes develops and offers its customers a wide portfolio of technologies and customized solutions in various sectors under the brands of the categories DurableScience, ComfortScience and InsulationScience. Applications range from industry solutions and infrastructures to comfort solutions for floors, furniture, mattress paddings and footwear, to solutions for car interiors and highly energy-efficient insulating materials.
The business produces and markets key chemical components and polyurethane systems completely formulated for rigid, semi-rigid and flexible foams, as well as coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers and composite materials. Dow is the biggest producer of propylene oxide (PO), propylene glycol (PG) and polyether polyols in the world and is a leader in the production of high-quality aromatic isocyanates, such as MDI. Dow Polyurethanes avails itself of a global network of production sites and systems house, as well as innovation centres and services.
Sector | Production |
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CHEMICALS | |
CHEMICALS | footwear/leathergoods |
OUTSOLES | materials/compounds |
OUTSOLES | soles/heels |