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PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
Applications: adhesives agricultural films appliances and appliance housings automotive parts and trim beverage
bottles bins, crates, pails and pallets building and construction coatings consumer and durable goods consumer
electronics disposable diaper liners fibers and nonwovens food and specialty packaging hoses and tubing
household and industrial bottles housewares hygiene and medical films industrial and consumer films and foams
information technology leather, textile, graphic arts and paper oil tanks and road equipment plastic pipe processing
aids for plastic production tapes and labels toys, playground equipment and recreational products wire and cable
insulation and jacketing materials for power utility and telecommunications
Dow Elastomers offers a unique set of elastomer products for customers worldwide. The business is focused on
delivering innovative solutions that allow for differentiated participation in multiple industries and applications. The
business offers a broad range of performance elastomers and plastomers, specialty copolymers and synthetic rubber.
Key applications include adhesives, automotive, building and construction, hygiene and medical, and consumer
solutions.
• Products: AFFINITY™ polyolefin plastomers; ENGAGE™ polyolefin elastomers; INFUSE™ olefin block
copolymers; NORDEL™ hydrocarbon rubber; VERSIFY™ plastomers and elastomers
Dow Electrical and Telecommunications is a leading global provider of products, technology, solutions and
expertise that set standards for reliability, longevity, efficiency, ease of installation and protection used by the power
and telecommunications industries in the transmission, distribution and consumption of power, voice, video and data.
Dow Electrical and Telecommunications collaborates with cable manufacturers, OEMs, operators, utilities,
municipalities, testing institutes and other organizations around the world to develop solutions that create value and
that will sustain these industries for years to come.
• Products: ENDURANCE™ family of semiconductive and insulation material for power cable insulation;
ECOLIBRIUM™ bio-based plasticizers; SI-LINK™ moisture crosslinkable polyethylene-based wire and cable
insulation compounds; UNIGARD™ flame retardant compound for specialty wire and cable applications
Dow Packaging and Converting is a portfolio of businesses that primarily manufacture sticking and bonding
solutions and specialty films for a wide range of applications, including adhesive tapes and paper labels, flexible
packaging, film substrates, industrial and consumer films and foams, leather, rigid packaging, and textile and imaging.
These products are supported with market recognized best-in-class technical support and end-use application
knowledge. Many of the businesses' water-borne technologies are well-positioned to support environmentally
preferred applications.
• Products: ADCOTE™ and AQUA-LAM™ laminating adhesives; AMPLIFY™ functional polymers; DOW™
Adhesive Film; DOW™ Medical Packaging Film; DOW™ very low density polyethylene; ENLIGHT™
polyolefin encapsulant films; INTEGRAL™ adhesive films; MOR-FREE™ solventless adhesives; NYLOPAK™
nylon barrier films; OPTICITE™ films; PRIMACOR™ copolymers; PROCITE™ window envelope films;
ROBOND™ acrylic adhesives; SARAN™ barrier resins; SARANEX™ barrier films; SEALUTION™ peel
polymers; SERFENE™ barrier coatings; Solvent-based polyurethanes and polyesters; TRENCHCOAT™
protective films; TRYCITE™ polystyrene film; TYBRITE™ clear packaging film; TYMOR™ tie resins
The Polyethylene business is the world's leading supplier of polyethylene-based solutions through sustainable product
differentiation. With multiple catalyst and process technologies, the business offers customers one of the industry's
broadest ranges of polyethylene resins. With its industry-leading portfolio of product and technology solutions, the
business primarily serves performance packaging and hygiene and medical end-markets.
• Products: ASPUN™ fiber grade resins; ATTANE™ ultra low density polyethylene (ULDPE) resins;
CONTINUUM™ bimodal polyethylene resins; DOW™ high density polyethylene (HDPE) resins; DOW™ low
density polyethylene (LDPE) resins; DOWLEX™ polyethylene resins; ELITE™ enhanced polyethylene (EPE)
resins; TUFLIN™ linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) resins; UNIVAL™ HDPE resins
The Polypropylene business is a major global polypropylene supplier that provides a broad range of products and
solutions tailored to customer needs by leveraging Dow's leading manufacturing and application technology, research
and product development expertise, extensive market knowledge and strong customer relationships.