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Automotive and Transportation

Solutions That Move You

Leading the way in safety, performance, reliability and lightweighting

As the automotive and transportation industries continue to evolve, our technologies help the world move forward. With a broad portfolio of materials and decades of automotive expertise, we can help you boost fuel economy, reduce emissions, enable lightweighting, improve comfort, and increase safety. Put our growing portfolio of solutions to work for you.
 

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eMobility

  • Silicone adhesives, conformal coatings and encapsulants, foams, optical materials, and thermal management solutions for sensors, components, controllers, modules and under the hood systems
  • Thermally conductive materials and gap fillers, foams, gels in battery packs, battery management systems, inverters, converters, battery controllers, onboard chargers, compressors and heaters
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Exterior

  • Lighting seals for better visibility, durability and safety
  • Bumper fascia, rocker panels and side moldings with optimized stiffness, toughness and flow balance for excellent impact strength, superior paintability and thinwalling
  • Weather-stripping materials for better waterproofing, appearance and lightweighting
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Interior

  • Impact modifiers for injection-molding compounds
  • Specialty elastomers for long-lasting performance
  • Polyurethane foams for enhanced safety, comfort and durability
  • Reactive hot-melt adhesives for economic and environmental benefits
  • Composite resins and bonding systems for lightweighting and more efficient processing
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Powertrain and UTH

  • Silicone materials for wiring, harness and connector seals provide excellent chemical and mechanical properties for durability and reliability
  • Polyurethane solutions for hoodliners, engine cover, encapsulation and water boxes provide superior protection
  • EPDM solutions for hoses, tubing, and power transmission belts provide excellent heat and chemical resistance
  • Performance additives for lowering friction and enhancing durability

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Driving Sustainable Solutions

Discover material solutions that can help you make more comfortable, fuel-efficient and sustainable automobiles
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Read About Elastomers

Learn how engineered elastomer solutions can meet your sustainable automotive design needs
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Explore the possibilities of LSR formulations that offer unique properties and performance
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Explore NORDEL™ EPDM

Learn about the various grades of NORDEL™ EPDM for automotive applications
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Learn more about TRAFFIDECK™ GO anti-slip flooring solutions for commercial transportation


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Dow Polyurethanes fast tracks its digital transformation

Integration of artificial intelligence and predictive capabilities to transform product development, accelerate innovation and ease customer collaboration.

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Dow to showcase products, technologies at Display Week 2020 that improve display assembly, reliability and performance

Company to spotlight growing portfolio of optical silicones to address industry trends toward the use of flexible and large format displays

News Jul 27, 2020

Dow honored with two illustrious wins at the 2020 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards

New COF Stable Resin and Olefin Block Copolymer solutions commended for being cutting-edge and sustainable

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Dow launches MobilityScience™ platform

The new platform focuses on material science capabilities, innovation and services to transportation and automotive markets.

News May 26, 2020

Dow customers in airbag manufacturing shift to medical gown production during COVID-19, use Dow SILASTIC™ Liquid Silicone Rubber

Dow airbag manufacturing customers repurpose airbag weaving and coating operations to produce medical gown fabric coated with SILASTIC™ liquid silicone rubber.

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