Interlakokraska-2018 showcase for Dow Coating Materials

Moscow, Hall Forum, Stand FС 145 - February 21, 2018 - Dow Coating Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, will be showcasing a suite of solutions designed to support advances in the paint and coatings industry at this year’s Interlakokraska, the largest coatings industry event in Russia and the CIS countries. The tradefair will take place will take place on February 27-March 2, 2018, in Expocenter, Moscow.

Dow Coating Materials offers a comprehensive menu of solutions, ranging from binders to additives, pure acrylics to hybrids. With chemistry ranging from PU-based materials to isocyanate-free options, and silicone-based designs to tailored rheology modifiers, the business is devoted to sourcing the best possible building blocks of raw materials to suit its customers’ hugely varied requirements.

The business will be focusing this year’s Interlakokraska outreach on latest developments in water-based, pure acrylic technology for architectural coatings, as well as technologies for wood, metal and other industrial coatings applications.

Solutions on show at Interlakokraska 2018 also include:

• Formaldehyde abatement technology, FORMASHIELD™, used in the development of advanced binders which remove formaldehyde from indoor air and convert it to harmless water vapor.
• Latest developments in FASTRACK™ water-borne binders for road-markings, with sports stadium owners showing interest in the quick-set technology and high line visibility as well as highways authorities looking for sustainable, yet effective marking solutions.
  
• A range of additives based on ACID SUPPRESSION™ Technology, such as ACRYSOL™ RM-725, a mid-shear HEUR Rheology Modifier with high shear contribution for low VOC* paints; latest high efficiency, high shear builders, and the latest technologies in an enhanced additives portfolio.
  
• PRIMAL™ water-based emulsion polymers designed to offer excellent water resistance, a high level of scrub resistance, washability and alkali resistance, as well as freeze-thaw and heat-age stability.
  

“Interlakokraska is a very important appointment providing us a great opportunity to engage with the key market players in the coatings industry ranging from end-users to brand owners and formulators. This year we will share our innovations in the additives’ and pure acrylics’s space, aimed to offer our customers enhanced technologies to make coatings work better.” said Yury Semenov, sales manager Greater Russia for Dow Coating Materials.

“Using our state-of-the-art binders production facility in Ramenskoye we aim to offer a fantastic combination of global technical expertise and local manufacturing, and we are looking forward to using that experience at Interlakokraska to solidify relationships with existing customers and forge new ones too!”

* VOC substances are not intentionally added and are not knowingly introduced from another raw material.

About Dow

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) combines science and technology knowledge to develop premier materials science solutions that are essential to human progress. Dow has one of the strongest and broadest toolkits in the industry, with robust technology, asset integration, scale and competitive capabilities that enable it to address complex global issues. Dow’s market-driven, industry-leading portfolio of advanced materials, industrial intermediates, and plastics businesses deliver a broad range of differentiated technology-based products and solutions for customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, and consumer care. Dow is a subsidiary of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP), a holding company comprised of Dow and DuPont with the intent to form three strong, independent, publicly traded companies in agriculture, materials science and specialty sectors. More information can be found at www.dow.com.

About Dow Coating Materials

Dow Coating Materials leads innovation in technologies that help advance the performance of paints and coatings. Our water-based acrylic emulsion technology revolutionized the global paint industry, and was named a historic chemical landmark by the American Chemistry Association. We offer a broad portfolio of binders, dispersants, rheology modifiers and surfactants for a wide variety of end markets. Highly experienced, full-service technical teams support our products, and we continue to strengthen our global supply chain through manufacturing excellence and reliable supply.

About Dow in Russia and CIS

Dow in Russia and the CIS, supported by its experience, size and global presence, is passionately committed to further develop close partnership with local companies to strengthen the business, while accelerating the growth of the chemical industry in the region and increasing its competitiveness in an international context.

In addition to its representation offices in Moscow (Russia), Kiev (Ukraine) and Astana (Kazakhstan), the Company has two manufacturing facilities in Ramenskoye (Moscow Region) for the production of additives for paints and coatings, and in Vladimir, a joint venture Dow Izolan, state-of-the-art manufacturing plant for the production of polyurethane systems. More information about Dow Russia can be found at www.dow.ru.

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