Interior Design

Interior of car featuring individual segments including: pillar moldings, instrument panels, door panels, console coverings, and knee bolsters.

Customers have high expectations when it comes to the interior of their cars.  Dow’s distinct elastomer portfolio can enhance a customer’s level of satisfaction by contributing to comfort, appearance, and material softness in a large number of interior applications such as instrument panels, knee bolsters, door panels, pillar moldings and console moldings.  Dow’s ENGAGE™  has set the benchmark in the industry for:   

ENGAGE™ polyolefin elastomers are a high performance choice for TPOs  while FLEXOMER™  VLDPE offers an economical alternative for compounders and other customers who are most concerned about price. 

Soft TPOs are an attractive replacement for incumbent materials such as f-PVC in automotive interior parts requiring flexibility.  TPOs for interior applications can contribute to lower weight, improve occupant safety during airbag deployment, improve long-term IP surface durability, and reduce fogging of windshield glass.  ENGAGE products deliver this improved IP performance while delivering high quality parts at high throughput rates and lower system cost.  Dow is currently focusing on new products for instrument panel skins, door panels, consoles and seating that deliver game changing performance in the areas of:


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