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Building Construction Chemicals

We imagine a future with high-performance, sustainable construction materials. Explore our vision and our solutions to the industry challenges of tomorrow.

Material science for future-proof roofing

Innovative roofing solutions are essential to deliver the buildings of tomorrow. We’ve been at the cutting edge of roofing science for the past 40 years, exploring ways to transform the industry through novel design. Our solutions are durable and sustainable – and are equipped to withstand the effects of harsh weather and climate change.

Discover our roofing product applications below.

Roofing applications

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Elastomeric Roof Coating

Improve the durability and efficiency of building envelopes with our acrylic waterborne and acrylic-polyurethane polymers. Offering a range of solutions for a broad spectrum of substrates, you can diversify your product lines with our high-quality solutions.

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Fiber Cement

Need fiber cement tiles, slates and corrugated sheets that look better and last longer? Discover our comprehensive range of acrylic emulsion polymers and silicone-based additives for integral and surface protection of concrete fiber cement roofing products.

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Fiber Bonding

Find binders for high performance non-woven applications to fit your evolving needs. Our products deliver enhanced performance for facer coatings – whether in gypsum or poly-iso roofing materials – and can be used as binders in the production of fiber-reinforced nonwoven mats.

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Roof Tiles

Our solutions for concrete and metal roofing tiles include a wide range of acrylic emulsion polymers that can be formulated to meet the unique requirements of your specific application and deliver long-lasting performance. 

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Shingle Mats

Looking to make asphalt shingle mats more durable and resistant to both tears and impact? Our range of binders and additives help to achieve just that, while also contributing to improved processability and line efficiency.

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Material science for sustainable solutions

At Dow, we’re leveraging decades of experience in the development of construction chemicals to meet the growing demand for sustainable options.  Our portfolio of cellulosics, redispersible powders, acrylics and silicones technologies offer functionally robust products, and we’re working to unlock additional advantages, including the use of bio-based materials, keeping materials in use longer and enabling waste in downstream applications.

Discover how Dow’s construction chemicals can help you build better, safer and more sustainably.

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Discover our full range of roofing products

Explore Dow’s broad offering enabling durability and energy efficiency across roofing applications.

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Visual Product Finder

Explore our residential construction solutions for the EMEAI region. Take a tour and find your product in just a few clicks. 

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Discover our range in roofing

Explore Dow’s broad offering enabling durability and energy efficiency across roofing applications.

Wall solutions for quality, looks and longevity

Want to set standards for wall durability, without compromising on aesthetics? Based on a wide range of chemistries, our products can help you address various industry requirements, while delivering on efficiency and performance.

Wall systems applications

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Gypsum Drymix

Get a smooth wall finishing – without cracks or lumps – in various application conditions using our gypsum drymix solutions.

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Caulk and Sealants

Improve the reliability and energy efficiency of caulk and sealants with our wide range of chemistries for high-performing, weatherproof doors and building elements. 

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ETICS/EIFS

Our solutions for External Thermal Composite Insulation Systems/Exterior Insulating Finishing Systems make buildings more energy efficient and sustainable – while also being cost competitive, durable, and easy to install and maintain.

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Cement Render and Skim Coat

Benefit from robust construction finishes with improved workability thanks to Dow’s solutions for cement renders, stuccos, and skim coats.

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Gypsum Wallboard and Tape Joint Compounds

Discover our solutions to create a smooth and continuous wall surface, ready for final aesthetic finishing with an architectural paint or wall covering.

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Insulation

Make modern buildings more sustainable with Dow’s insulation products, which bind insulation fibers together to add strength and increase mold resistance. 

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Visual Product Finder

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Flooring surfaces to stand the test of time

We spend 90% of our time indoors and walk thousands of steps on flooring surfaces. Safer flooring materials can help to ensure people’s health and safety.

Consumers want flooring and surface materials that keep up with life. They look for multi-functional products that not only look and feel great, but also offer long-lasting performance, even under the toughest wear-and-tear conditions. Our solutions can help you develop products that help flooring surfaces to stand the test of time.

Flooring and surfaces applications

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Tile Adhesive and Grout

Discover how our solutions create high-performance, cost-effective, and resource-efficient tile adhesive and grouts – leading to high-quality wall and floor tile installation for a beautiful long-lasting surface.

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Waterproofing

Our waterproofing materials contribute to solutions that offer long-lasting protection from exposure to water – helping to minimize structural breakdown and keep the buildings we live and work in both safe and comfortable.

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Sport Surfaces

Based on acrylic technology, our sustainable, water-borne solutions for sports floorings offer good tensile properties, as well as UV and color stability. They are suitable for soft sports surfaces, such as playgrounds and running tracks, and hard surfaces, like cycling tracks and tennis courts.

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Self-Leveling Underlayment

Our products for formulating self-leveling underlayments offer key performance benefits which help to achieve the quality installation of floor coverings – no matter whether it’s ceramic tile, luxury vinyl tile, or hardwood flooring.

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Flooring Adhesive

Develop quick-drying floor adhesive formulations offering exceptional bonding, flexibility, moisture resistance, and versatility with Dow’s broad range of products. Allows you to tailor your solutions to specific materials like carpet, PVC, vinyl, and linoleum.

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Visual Product Finder

Explore our residential construction solutions for the EMEAI region. Take a tour and find your product in just a few clicks.

Driving innovation for tomorrow's infrastructure

Construction is yet to begin on 75% of the infrastructure planned for 2050 – and Dow is ready to help. Our infrastructure solutions support low resource intensity and durable infrastructure that has greater resiliency to climate change. For the owner and community this equates to longer asset life, less downtime, and reduced lifecycle cost.

Discover our formulated solutions and ingredients for infrastructure applications below.

Infrastructure applications

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Cement Modifiers and Repair Mortars

Rely on our ingredients to give your cement-based mortar applications the properties you need – such as enhanced durability, UV and water resistance, toughness, flexibility, and more.

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Concrete Curing, Sealing and Treatment

Get strong, durable concrete using our ingredients for integral and surface solutions – offering improved water retention, enhanced cement hydration, and an extended life thanks to protection from water and chlorides.

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Soil Stabilization

Reduce dust, stabilize, and seal your unpaved roads with our formulated performance polymer solutions that are easy to apply using standard equipment.

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High-Range Water Reducers for Concrete

Formulate high performing PCE superplasticizers with our range of acrylic polyacid precursors that easily integrate into the esterification process.

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Pavement Coatings and Protection

Formulate long-lasting, high-performance asphalt seal coatings with our asphalt emulsion modifiers. Our 100% acrylic polymers improve the durability and adhesion of coatings to asphalt and concrete, combining toughness, chemical resistance, flexibility and wet adhesion properties.

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Keeping the world moving with resilient infrastructure

From roads to water treatment and from transportation to parking structures, explore how you can work with Dow to keep people moving.

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Imagine building better, together

The construction industry is changing. At Dow, we imagine a future with high-performance, cost-effective, and sustainable construction materials.

So, how do we make ‘building better’ a reality? It starts with innovation. Decades of research and development allow us to imagine solutions today for the opportunities of tomorrow – and to deliver performance in the areas that matter most.

Collaboration is key to our innovative approach. By combining our technical expertise with our customers’ knowledge of market needs, we work together to bring our influence and shape the city of tomorrow – today.

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