Twenty-One Dow Technologies Selected as Finalists for 2015 R&D 100 Awards
30 July 2015 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
Dow solutions spanning the energy, automotive, electronics,
packaging, construction and consumer markets reach the final round
of R&D Magazine's R&D 100 Awards
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced today that 21 of
its latest innovations have been shortlisted for the green
technology, disruptive technology, mechanical devices/materials and
process/prototyping categories for R&D Magazine’s prestigious
2015 R&D 100 Awards.
Often referred to as the “Oscars of Innovation” the annual
R&D 100 Awards celebrate the most significant technology
inventions of the past year. Dow has once again been highlighted as
a leading innovator, with the greatest number of nominations of any
single developer. A wide range of solutions have been recognized,
from more sustainable electronics, to water-efficient appliances,
to innovations that improve safety and fuel efficiency in motor
vehicles.
“Having 21 products recognized by R&D Magazine is evidence
that we have fundamentally transformed the way we innovate,” said
A.N. Sreeram, corporate vice president of Dow R&D. “We are
working with our customers to rapidly bring innovative products to
the market that are high-performing and sustainable by combining
High Throughput Research capabilities with the right teams of
world-class Dow engineers and scientists. While we appreciate this
kind of recognition, we are even more energized by delivering
differentiated solutions to our customers that help them bring
better solutions to the world.”
Each of the 21 Dow innovations recognized by R&D 100 was
commercialized in the last year and developed as a market-focused
solution, addressing key customer challenges in a more sustainable
way. This year’s nominations include:
Consumer Solutions:
- BETAMATE™ structural adhesives
for lightweight aluminum enables automotive engineers to design
vehicles for maximum weight saving and reduction of fuel
consumption and emissions.
- VORAFORCE™ 5300 epoxy system
enables an ultrafast cure and makes it possible to mass produce
carbon fiber composite parts that help make vehicles lighter and
more fuel efficient.
- METHOCEL™ DC2 Premium
Excipients, enabled by Dow’s patented Designed Particle
Morphology (DPM) Technology, help pharmaceutical companies reduce
tablet manufacturing costs by up to 60%, so a wider portion of the
world population can benefit from medical treatments.
- IKONICTM Polishing
Pads for Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) help customers
meet challenging, next-generation requirements for semiconductor
devices in the most critical applications.
- MICROFILLTMTHF-100
Electrolytic Copper addresses customers’ needs for High-Density
Interconnect (HDI) printed circuit board designs that enable smart
devices.
- SOLDERON™ BP TS6000 Tin-Silver
helps electronics manufacturers to “take the lead out” of solder
used in chip packaging, while doubling productivity and maintaining
reliability.
Infrastructure Solutions:
- ACRYSOLTM RM-725
Rheology Modifier offers excellent applied hiding, enhanced
surface appearance and better touch-up in a broad range of paint
formulations.
- DustPROTM Coated
Proppant Sand, enabled by TERSUS™ Technology, a
Preferred Sands product developed in collaboration with Dow,
minimizes sand/silica dust in the hydraulic fracturing process to
improve worker health/safety and reduce environmental impact.
- LIQUIDARMORTM Flashing
and Sealant is an innovative liquid flashing alternative to
flashing tape that provides commercial buildings advanced moisture
and air sealing protection.
- MAINCOTETM AEH
Resin contains fewer volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and
offers faster return-to-service for commercial flooring, walls and
residential garage floor coatings.
- NORKOOL DESITHERMTM HS Fluid is
a new salt-tolerant, dehydration solvent that has proved an
effective solvent for gas dehydration and for keeping chloride
salts in solution and off the surfaces of gas processing
equipment.
- PURINZETM UltraFiltration Module
enables Eco-washing machines to recycle water, reducing water
consumption by 30 percent, while removing 99 percent of common
bacteria.
Performance Plastics:
- DIAMANTOTM is
a 100% polyethylene film that provides stiffness, transparency and
excellent sealing properties, something unheard of in polyethylene
films. In Latin America, it is already used for ketchup sachets,
premium rice and pet food packages.
- ENDURANCETM C4202
insulation compound using patented advanced tree retardant
formulation technology in the construction of new medium voltage
power cables enables utilities improved performance, extended
cable life and reliability while reducing total life cycle
cost.
- HYPERTHERM™ Resins offer
exceptional performance, ease of installation and a strong
sustainability profile for flexible hot- and cold-water pipe made
with polyethylene of raised temperature resistance.
- INTUNE™ Olefin Block Copolymers
offer highly effective solutions for combining polyethylene- and
polypropylene-based materials to provide the best benefits of each,
while minimizing individual trade-off properties – offering
enhanced performance at lower systems cost for customers across a
multitude of end-markets.
- PacXpert™ Packaging Technology
is a flexible, lightweight alternative to rigid packaging, requires
less material to manufacture and allows for more efficient
shipping.
- Polyethylene (PE) Stand-Up Pouch
is packaging for frozen and dried foods that is suitable to be
recycled in communities with existing PE film recycling streams and
eligible to use the How2Recycle label.
Performance Materials & Chemicals:
- HYPERLAST™ FJ760 PU Field Joint
is an innovative, new subsea insulation product that retains the
desirable thermal insulation and mechanical performance of legacy
catalysts, while keeping our oceans free from mercury
pollution.
- PASCALTM Pro
Polyurethane Systems improves energy efficiency and production
processes for insulation in appliances.
- VORASTAR™ 7000 Spray Elastomer
System, based on VORAPEL™ Polyol, provides high-performance
coating material with enhanced chemical and moisture
resistance.
In 2014, five of Dow’s products were named R&D 100 award
winners. This year’s winners will be announced at the annual
black-tie awards dinner on November13 at Caesars Palace in Las
Vegas.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines the power of science and technology to
passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The
Company is driving innovations that extract value from the
intersection of chemical, physical and biological sciences to help
address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the
need for clean water, clean energy generation and conservation, and
increasing agricultural productivity. Dow's integrated, market
driven, industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced
materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad
range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in
approximately 180 countries and in high-growth sectors such as
packaging, electronics, water, coatings and agriculture. In 2014,
Dow had annual sales of more than $58 billion and employed
approximately 53,000 people worldwide. The Company's more than
6,000 product families are manufactured at 201 sites in 35
countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the "Company"
mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be
found at www.dow.com.
About R&D Magazine
Since its founding in 1959 as Industrial Research, R&D
Magazine has served research scientists, engineers and technical
staff at laboratories around the world, providing timely,
informative news and useful technical articles that broaden
readers’ knowledge of the research and development industry and
improve the quality of their work. R&D Magazine is a
publication of Advantage Business Media
(www.advantagebusiness.media.com).
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The Dow Chemical CompanyJamie Ellis,
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