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Dow Corning Receives Chairman Award from Association of International Chemical Manufacturers

The Association of International Chemical Manufacturers (AICM) presented Dow Corning Greater China with its Chairman Award in recognition of its outstanding performance and continued efforts in practicing Responsible Care® in Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) at its operations in Greater ... more

Jessica Ding to lead North American marketing efforts in coatings, construction chemicals for Dow Corning

Yujie (Jessica) Ding has joined Dow Corning Corporation as the company’s North American regional marketer for coatings and construction chemicals. Ding comes to Dow Corning from Chemtura Corporation, where she had worked in commercial and marketing roles in the industrial performance produc ... more

Dow Corning Moves to Become Leading Global Supplier of Hexachlorodisilane

Dow Corning announced that it has significantly ramped up production capacity for hexachlorodisilane (HCDS), and is working with global and local distributors to ensure its safe and efficient supply to current and future customers worldwide. HCDS is a high-purity precursor that is critical ... more

Calculating VOCs: Not all Low-VOCs Are Considered Equal

Like most coatings, paints, and maintenance products, water repellents are expected to comply with increasingly stringent regulations of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), which are any volatile carbon compounds that engage in atmospheric photochemica more

The Danger of Air & Bubbles

Air and bubbles, or fluid aeration and cavitation, can cause numerous problems in a hydraulic and lubrication oil system. Lubrication practitioners should be attentive to abnormal noise, poor component response due to spongy behavior of aerated fluid more

Compressor Oils for the Chemical Industry

The chemical industry relies on very special processing to manufacture many of its products and often times include the use of compressors to achieve the special process conditions required. The selection of a lubricant is not always as easy as relyi more

DOW CORNING EUROPE SA

Seneffe is the headquarters for Dow Corning's operations in Europe. It combines the manufacture of sealants; compounds; emulsions with the research and development of new materials for industries such as personal care, textiles and construction. more