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7
Dow Coating Materials
The Dow Coating Materials business manufactures and delivers solutions that leverage high quality, technologically advanced
product offerings for architectural paint and coatings, as well as industrial coatings applications, including paper, leather,
concrete, wood, automotive, maintenance and protective industries. Dow Coating Materials introduced the industry's first
waterborne technology in 1953 and has since led the industry's conversion away from solvent borne technology to allow for
lower VOC and an improved sustainability profile while pushing performance boundaries.
Dow Water and Process Solutions
Dow Water and Process Solutions is a leading provider of purification and separation technologies. The business provides the
critical technology, including reverse osmosis membranes and ion exchange resins, to help customers with a broad array of
separation and purification needs such as reusing waste water streams, making fresh drinking water from sea water, creating a
closed loop water system for oil field operations, making controlled release drugs possible, and removing impurities in dairy
processing. A primary goal of the business is to drive down the cost and energy requirements to treat water.
Performance Monomers
The Performance Monomers business produces specialty monomer products that are sold externally as well as consumed
internally as building blocks used in downstream polymer businesses. The business' products are used in several applications,
including cleaning materials, personal care products, paints, coatings and inks.
Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions' businesses each serve one or more key market segments, as noted below:
Business Major Products Applications/Market Segments
Dow Building and
Construction
AQUASET™ acrylic thermosetting resins,
DOW™ latex powders, FROTH-PAK™ foam
insulation and sealants, GREAT STUFF™
insulating foam sealants and adhesives,
RHOPLEX™ and PRIMAL™ acrylic polymer
emulsions, STYROFOAM™ brand insulation
products, WALOCEL™ cellulose ethers,
XENERGY™ high performance insulation
Delivering energy efficiency and durability to
new and retrofit construction; insulation,
weatherization and air sealing; caulks and
sealants; elastomeric roof coatings; exterior
insulation finishing systems; roof tiles; siding
coatings; roofing and solar energy collector
Dow Coating
Materials
ACRYSOL™ Rheology Modifiers, AVANSE™
acrylic binders, EVOQUE™ Pre-Composite
Polymer, FORMASHIELD™ acrylic binder,
RHOPLEX™ acrylic resin, TAMOL™
Dispersants
Acrylic binders; architectural paint and
coatings; dispersants; rheology modifiers;
surfactants for both architectural and industrial
applications
Dow Water and
Process Solutions
DOW ADSORBSIA™ selective media, DOW
EDI™ modules, DOWEX™ and
AMBERJET™ ion exchange resins,
DOWEX™ OPTIPORE™ polymeric adsorbent
resins, DOW FILMTEC™ reverse osmosis and
nanofiltration elements, TEQUATIC™ PLUS
fine particle filter, AMBERLYST™ polymeric
catalysts
Providing the right, cost effective separation
technology for water treatment and filtration;
energy (power, oil and gas); pharmaceutical;
food and beverage; chemical processing
Performance
Monomers
Acrylates, methacrylates, vinyl acetate
monomers
Super absorbents, water treatment, flocculants
and detergents, crylic sheets, coatings, inks and
paints, molding compounds, impact modifiers
and electronic displays, adhesives, textiles,
automotive and architectural safety glass
Competition
Competitors of the Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions segment include many large multinational chemical firms as well as a
number of regional and local competitors. The segment's products have unique performance characteristics that are required by
customers who demand a high level of customer service and expertise from our sales force and scientists; therefore, Dow is
well positioned to withstand competitive threats. Key competitors include Arkema, Ashland, BASF, Elementis, Hydranautics,
Lanxess, Owens-Corning and Shin-Etsu Chemical.
Joint Ventures
Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions includes a portion of the Company's share of the results of Dow Corning Corporation, a
joint venture that manufactures silicone and silicone products, which is owned 50 percent by the Company.