Dow Coating Materials will implement a price increase in Europe, including central and eastern Europe and Russia, for all products sold to the architectural and industrial coatings markets. The increase, effective February 1, 2010, or as contracts allow, will affect all acrylic and styrene-acrylic emulsions, vinyl based emulsions, rheology modifiers, solvent-based solid and solution acrylic polymers, opaque polymers, and dispersants.
For all acrylic products the prices will increase by five percent, for styrene acrylic and vinyl based emulsions by eight percent, and opaque polymers by 10 percent.
The increases are necessitated by the continued cost escalation of key raw materials used to manufacture these products.
Dow and Evonik have entered into an exclusive technology partnership. Together, they plan to bring a unique method for directly synthesizing propylene glycol (PG) from propylene and hydrogen peroxide to market maturity. The basis for the method, named HYPROSYN™, has been created over the la ... more
Dow announces divestiture of its Acetone Derivatives business
Dow announced that it has reached an agreement for the divestiture of its Acetone Derivatives business to ALTIVIA Ketones & Additives, LLC, an affiliate of ALTIVIA, a privately held producer of chemicals headquartered in Houston, Texas. “This divestiture illustrates Dow’s disciplined approa ... more
Dow holds groundbreaking ceremony for new silicone resin plant in China
Dow held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new high-value silicone resin plant to be located at the Company’s manufacturing site in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China. The new facility will significantly expand Dow’s global high-value silicone resin capacity to meet increased demand for the creatio ... more
With annual sales of $58 billion in 2008 and 46,000 employees worldwide, Dow is a diversified chemical company that combines the power of science and technology with the " Human Element ” to constantly improve what is essential to human progress. The Company delivers a broad range of produ ... more
Philadelphia is the home for Dow’s Advanced Materials Division, which is the umbrella for some of the company’s most important high-growth specialty businesses. Five businesses make up the division – Coatings, Building and Construction, Paper and Textiles, Specialty Packaging and Films, Des ... more
Dow expands production capacity of methyl cellulose
Dow announced a series of incremental methyl cellulose capacity investments to help construction dry mix customers secure reliable supply of key additives for this expanding area. These capacity increases are part of a multi-phase investment plan for construction chemicals and demonstrate t ... more
Dow Construction Chemicals Europe expands capacity for production of Acrylic Solution Polymers
The Dow Chemical Company announced a capacity increase of 15% at the Company’s acrylic dispersion plant in Villers-Saint-Paul, France. This increase will help support customers’ ambitions for business growth in a range of products.Construction work began this month and production start-up ... more
Dow Coating Materials announced a price increase for all polymer dispersion and additives sold to the architectural coatings, industrial coatings and traffic paint industries, effective January 10, 2011 or as contract terms allow. The following conditions apply: - Acrylic and styrene base ... more
Dow Deutschland GmbH & Co. OHG, Werk Rheinmünster
Plastics and specialty chemicals are produced in Rheinmünster, such as: epoxy and epoxy vinyl ester resins (DERAKANE*) with application in automotive, building and construction, electronics; latexes with application in building and construction and for the paper industry; extruded polystyre ... more
With annual sales of $58 billion and 46,000 employees worldwide, Dow is a diversified chemical company that combines the power of science and technology with the "Human Element” to constantly improve what is essential to human progress. The Company delivers a broad range of products and ser ... more
Dow Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft mbH
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