Dow Industrial Specialty Polymers Add Performance and Market Power to Your Formulation Systems

Dow Industrial Specialty Polymers include ETHOCEL™ Ethylcellulose, CELLOSIZE™ Hydroxyethyl Cellulose, METHOCEL™ Cellulose Ethers, and POLYOX™ Water-Soluble Resins. All four of these proven products are available in a range of molecular weights and/or degrees of chemical substitution that allow an exceptional range of properties for fine-tuning formulations.

Although distinct from one another chemically, Dow Industrial Specialty Polymers share a number of common traits. While they are occasionally used alone, usually they make important functional contributions to formulation systems, often in multiple ways. They generally serve as excellent binders, film formers, water retention agents, thickeners, coatings, lubricants, and suspending agents. And each polymer family offers unique characteristics and functional strengths that can help you add optimal performance to your formulations. CELLOSIZE, METHOCEL and POLYOX Polymers are water-soluble and fit into a wide range of water- or emulsion-based systems. ETHOCEL Ethylcellulose Polymers are water-insoluble and make many similar contributions in solvent-based products.

The list of applications and industries that can be served by Dow Industrial Specialty Polymers is almost unlimited. And while this web site will help you see many of them, it cannot cover all of the possibilities. If you don’t see your particular type of product here, but think it may benefit from the properties offered by these products, please contact us. Be assured we’re interested in your work and have resources ready to help you begin an investigation of these versatile polymers.