Dow in Asia Pacific

Solutions at Work

  • Dow Electronic Materials: $400 million in capital investments in Korea
    • Dow Seoul Technology Center to house 200 to 300 scientists, serving semiconductor and display customers
    • TMG plant to supply the LED market
    • Advanced Packaging Technology (APT) metallization capacity expansion for advanced chip packaging
  • Well-positioned, growing manufacturing base
    • Propylene glycol capacity in Thailand in 2013
    • New coatings plant in Vietnam
    • New plant under construction in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, to expand joint venture capacity for ENLIGHT™ Polyolefin Encapsulant Films
  • Significant investment in China to support growth
    • New Dow Electronic Materials Interconnect Technologies project and AET battery electrolyte project in progress
    • Capacity expansion in Dow Water and Process Solutions plant
    • New joint venture terminal project to be Dow's first chemical terminal storage facility in China and largest globally for Dow
  • Once fully operational, about 45 percent of Sadara Chemical Company's volume will be sold into Asia Pacific
  • World-class R&D team in China working on technology innovations and product developments to serve global and local customer needs
    • Dow and strategic customer Haier Group to form a global joint innovation laboratory in China. The collaboration follows Haier's adoption of Dow's PASCAL™ Insulation Technology in its appliances and the joint development of next-generation eco-washing machine technology.

Key Facts

  • Revenue: $10,554
    (all U.S. dollars in millions)
  • 8,000 employees
  • 44 manufacturing sites

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