Textiles, Leather and Nonwovens
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Textiles, Leather and Nonwovens
Making statements with leathers and fabrics
Our proven suite of chemistries for leather and fabrics are designed to address the needs of diverse consumer and industrial markets. They help protect leather against abrasion while delivering soft touch, optimizing fiber production processes, offering water repellent and textile printing solutions, achieving brighter colors, and helping fashion textiles stay crisp and wrinkle resistant.
Achieve reductions in cycle time and required rinses. Also avoid downtime with optimum processing.
High-performance finishings for superior hand feel and resistance to abrasion and soiling.
Durable water repellent finishing for textile.
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Fibers: Provide natural and synthetic fibers that meet a range of performance and regulatory requirements.
Textile Finishing: Silicone finishes for increasing softness, enhancing aesthetics, and imparting excellent hand feel.
Webinar: Technology advancement meets the evolving demands of modern consumers and supports the industry's commitment to sustainability.
Liquid silicone rubbers for fashion textile coatings
Water and flame resistance, good adhesion, high elongation and suitable for some skin-contact applications.
Silicones for textile processing and finishing
Versatile silicone chemistry and its significant impact on productivity benefit various stages of textiles processing and contribute to finishing.
Silicone foam control agents
Antifoams for increased productivity and decreased production costs.
Silicone and organics for natural leather treatment
Product portfolio to enhance processing efficiency in wet end and develop high-performance topcoats.
Welcome to the future of performance apparel
Where collaboration breeds innovation, and materials science performs like magic. At Dow, we don’t just engineer materials. We design custom solutions with you that redefine what performance apparel can achieve, helping your brand’s clothing, shoes or bags stand out from the crowd.
DOWSIL™ IE-8749 Emulsion
Durable water repellent (DWR) for fashion and technical textiles enabled by proven silicone technology with DOWSIL™ IE-8749 Emulsion.
DOWSIL™ Print 041
Enhanced screen printing by formulating with DOWSIL™ Print 041 Textile Printing Ink Binder for soft hand-feel and good elongation.
SILASTIC™ LCF 9600 M Textile Printing Ink Base
Extra matte appearance and soft feel for synthetics and cotton thanks to the ready to use SILASTIC™ LCF 9600 M textile printing ink base.
Advanced silicone printing inks
Advanced silicone printing inks for better performance and textile regulatory compliance.
BIG Innovation win
ECOFAST™ is a breakthrough technology that enables unique, brighter colors on cotton textiles while helping address sustainability challenges in the industry, including water quality and water consumption. This patented technology decreases the process chemicals needed to dye cotton fabric by up to 90 percent, which can help reduce the likelihood of pollution in wastewater streams.
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