Worldwide

Home & Personal Care

Paint cans filled with different colors.

Dow is an industry leader in paints and coatings, with 12 business units serving this market. Dow products make up 60% of the ingredients in a can of paint, and a significant percentage of many other specialty coatings. We have more than 120 technical personnel dedicated specifically to paints and coatings.

Dow is also a leading supplier to the global appliance industry – offering versatile, viable solutions that help customers reduce cost while meeting increasing performance and aesthetic demands.

Dow innovations make laundry and dish soaps more effective at getting the dirt out faster. We help hair and body shampoos clean and lather better. Our products go into toothpaste tubes, preserving flavor and quality, and our science makes trash bags stronger and more flexible.

Grocery bag filled with groceries

Dow offers flexible or rigid packaging, food or non-food packaging, as well as packaging for both consumer and industrial uses. Our packaging solutions meet our customers’ priorities: better aesthetics, broader service temperature, greater durability, lighter weight, faster cycle times, cost-effective manufacture and more.