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Plastics and Rubber

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Silicone-based plastics additives and silicone rubber elastomers from Dow deliver unmatched properties.

Overview

Achieve Exceptional Performance in Demanding Plastics & Rubber Applications

Plastics Additives for Thermoset Materials

Technology trends – such as higher operating temperatures – are creating a demand for increasingly higher performance capabilities in epoxy molding compounds (EMCs), phenolics, urethanes and other thermoset materials. Silicone-based additives from Dow Consumer Solutions can help you:

  • Add new properties, such as flame retardancy
  • Improve thermal resistance
  • Increase compatibility between fillers and the base resin
  • Optimize processing

Silicone Rubber Elastomers

Dow Consumer Solutions has more than 70 years of silicone rubber compounding experience and product development expertise. Harnessing a unique combination of chemical and mechanical properties that many organic polymers cannot match, our proven silicone elastomers are the materials of choice for in-demand applications where reliability, safety and aesthetics are essential.

Applications

Bringing Value to a Wide Variety of Markets

Manufacturers, fabricators and industry influencers trust silicone additives and elastomers from Dow Consumer Solutions to meet their highly specialized processing and performance needs. We provide collaborative technical support to help bring innovative and higher-performing products to market more quickly and more cost-effectively.

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Vehicle Systems Design

View engineered elastomer solutions for energy efficiency, driving comfort, vehicle safety and sustainability.

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Industrial Textiles Coatings

Explore our line of fabric-coating-grade liquid silicone elastomers, including products with food contact capability.

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Power & Utilities

Enhance reliability and reduce power outages with proven silicone rubber solutions for insulators and cable accessories.

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Moldable Optical Silicones

Redefine the limits of LED lighting design and performance – and make the “impossible” possible.

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Proven Additive and Elastomer Solutions

Our plastics additives and silicone elastomers have helped product designers and fabricators worldwide meet multiple performance requirements across a wide range of industrial and consumer markets and applications.

News & Events

News Event Jul 30, 2019

Dow to create inclusive K 2019 experience to explore big issues

Reflecting its changing company culture and brand, Dow will showcase collaborative, innovative and sustainable solutions at K 2019, the world’s No.1 trade fair for plastics and rubber.

News Event May 14, 2019

Innovating at the speed of imagination with 3D printing

Dow’s innovative 3D-printing technologies EVOLV3D™ and SILASTIC™ enable product developers to drastically cut time from concept to commercialization

News Event Mar 12, 2019

Dow 3D Printing Collaboration Makes Consumer Debut

Third-millennium exhibition at Paris shopping mall becomes consumer proving ground for breakthrough 3D-printable silicone elastomer from Dow.

News Event Jan 29, 2019

Innovative 3D printing technology by Dow enables ECCO

Dow’s breakthrough liquid silicone rubber plays a key role in the development and success of ECCO Shoes’ QUANT-U footwear customization project.

News Event Oct 01, 2018

New SILASTIC™ Fluorosilicone Rubber Bases

New SILASTIC™ fluorosilicone rubber bases eliminate trade-offs between rubber handling performance, high-temperature resistance and fluid resistance.

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AMERICAS

LSR Conference
Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
September 9-12, 2019

International Elastomers Conference
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Booth 1248
October 8-10, 2019

 

EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AND AFRICA

Rubber meets science (IKV Conference)
Aachen, Germany
June 25-26, 2019

International Symposium on Automotive Lighting (ISAL)
Darmstadt, Germany
September 23-25, 2019

K 2019
Dusseldorf, Germany
October 16-23, 2019

 

ASIA

China Plas 2019
Guangzhou, China
Booth Hall10.2 J41
May 21-24, 2019

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