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Industrial Cleaning

A broad portfolio of chemistries and deep industry expertise to help you develop formulations that enhance cleaning performance and safety in industrial environments.

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Enhancing performance and safety

Effective industrial cleaning products are vital for reducing the risk of product contamination and buildup-related equipment failures. Our strong culture of safety means we value industrial hygiene and worker safety like our formulators do. Whether you need formulations for removing silicone deposits, cleaning metals or electronic parts, or sanitizing equipment for food and dairy processes, our robust suite of chemistries can help you deliver aqueous- or solvent-based products that meet the requirements of your specific application.

Find your industrial cleaning application

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Food, Dairy and Beverage

Safe and effective solutions for cleaning and sanitizing equipment for food and dairy processes.

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Metal Cleaning

High-performing solutions for parts cleaning reducing product contamination and equipment failure. 

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Plastic Recycling

Industry-leading detergent and anti-foam agents designed to deliver exceptional PCR resins. 

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Silicone Cleaning and Removal

Effective, nonflammable silicone solvents and aqueous cleaners that remove silicones from equipment and surfaces. 

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Leaving a lighter environmental footprint

Many Dow products meet or exceed environmental regulations and ecolabel programs such as the CleanGredients® Database, the U.S. EPA Safer Products Standard and EU Ecolabel Criteria.

ECOSURF™ LFE-635 Surfactant

A low-foaming surfactant, even under recirculating conditions, with outstanding degreasing properties as well as cleaning of tough soils for use in multiple applications such as Metal and Hard Surface Cleaning. 

EVOWASH™ Mechanical Recycling Auxiliaries

EVOWASH™ enables the reduction of surface contaminants in the mechanical recycling process to improve quality and advance overall recycling rates. 

Product group features and highlights

The diversity of our product range, application experience and understanding of technology interactions enables us to help you create customized solutions for your needs. The unique functional and economic characteristics of these materials provide flexibility and agility to respond to industry changes. Dow’s strong materials science foundation, paired with a focus on innovation, positions us to help you meet the challenges you face today and tomorrow. Our product groups include surfactants, solvents, dispersants, rheology modifiers and more. 

Surfactants

Dow ECOSURF™, TERGITOL™, TRITON™ and DOWFAX™ surfactants assist in cleaning, wetting and solvency while helping achieve the desired foam profile. Sustainability is important with many products meeting criteria for CleanGredients®, U.S. EPA Safer Products, EU Detergents Regulation, EU Ecolabel. 

Solvents

DOWANOL™ Solvents, CELLOSOLVE™ Solvents, and CARBITOL™ Glycol Ethers increase the effectiveness of institutional cleaners and degreasers, allowing wide formulating opportunities. Additional potential benefits include low odor, low toxicity and good biodegradability. 

Dispersants

ACUSOL™ Dispersants are designed to control scale formation and disperse and remove dirt and minerals in a full spectrum of household, industrial and institutional applications. ACUSOL™ Dispersants help maintain softer, whiter fabrics and cleaner, better-looking surfaces. 

Rheology Modifiers

ACUSOL™ Rheology Modifiers can be used to control flow properties, stabilize formulations, suspend particles, provide vertical wall cling, reduce misting and control uniform dosing of a formulation. 

Dow wins trio of 2023 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards

Dow earned three 2023 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards, which includes a SEAL Sustainability Innovation Award for EVOWASH™ Antifoam Agents and Readily Biodegradable Detergents. 

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