Dow began as a pioneering electrochemical company when founded by Herbert Henry Dow in Midland, Michigan, in 1897. Since then, the company has been charged with driving a sustainable future by collaborating with partners from a variety of manufacturing industries.
125 years of accomplished goals
Dow has been present at various times in the history of humanity through its technologies and materials, which have been essential to achieve the great feats of man. The key has been their combination of science and sustainable innovation, which is why they have become strategic allies within the value chains of their partners, thereby accelerating their growth.
As an example, it highlights its commitment to being a company that promotes carbon neutrality and the elimination of plastic waste. They believe they are laying the foundation for the next generation of technological advances that will transform the world.
Likewise, Verónica highlights that each of the collaborators work according to their organizational culture, in addition to always seeking benefits for their clients and the communities they impact. His goal is to create solutions for any challenge, no matter how complicated, in a way that transforms the world.
The company, which combines chemistry, the innovation of the more than 33,000 diverse minds that make it up worldwide, and a deep sense of collaboration, to create innovative products that help humanity progress; specializes in six global businesses organized into the following operating segments:
Packaging and specialty plastics. Which integrates the Energy and hydrocarbons and Packaging and specialty plastics businesses, which provide high-performance solutions and technologies designed for recyclability, improving the circularity of plastics and sustainability in the food, health and hygiene markets, mobility and transport, pipes and infrastructure, mainly.
Industrial intermediates and infrastructure. It includes the portfolios of Industrial Solutions and Polyurethanes and construction chemicals, in such a way that they develop essential technologies for various manufacturing processes, while providing solutions with a wide range of applications in segments such as home comfort, energy transition, pharmaceutical, mobility and transport, adhesives and lubricants.
High performance materials and coatings. It encompasses the Performance Monomers and Coatings and Consumer Solutions businesses, which serve acrylic, cellulose and silicone-based technology platforms. Among its objectives are: to satisfy the needs of the final markets for architectural and industrial coatings, home and personal care, consumption and electronics, mobility and transportation, industrial and chemical processing, as well as construction and infrastructure.
Dow’s presence in Mexico
Dow has had an operational presence in Mexico for 63 years and is recognized as a key company in the petrochemical industry for its innovation, based on diverse and inclusive talent, sustainability in doing business, and its social commitment.
Its corporate offices – which have received awards for their architectural design that favors collaboration and their investment in state-of-the-art technology to continue encouraging digitization when doing business – are located on Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City.
The manufacturing centers are located in the State of Mexico, Tlaxcala and Querétaro; where they develop a broad portfolio of solutions for all value chains and markets in which they participate, not only in Mexico, but also serving the United States and Latin American countries.
“Our offices and manufacturing sites promote a safe, inclusive and highly technological environment for our collaborators when doing business and producing our technologies. Now, the arrival of the hybrid model is an opportunity to achieve the digitization that we have been promoting so much, even before the pandemic. This is how we reinforce our focus on the client, regardless of physical barriers or distance”, says Verónica.
In our country, the organization’s culture of innovation and inclusion have fostered various actions that connect its businesses with the community and its strategic partners, inside and outside the company. Among them stand out:
Inclusive robotics program with FIRST Robotics. Dow joined FIRST Robotics as strategic partners to advance science and robotics in 2014. Since then, more than 150 teams have participated around the world. In 2017, Dow supported its first robotics team in Mexico, WinT3794 from the TecMilenio Campus Toluca and the Pink Hawks, made up of 100% female students. They currently support more than 12 robotics teams in this global competition, as a way to spread STEM disciplines in an inclusive way.
Promote STEM capabilities together with the UNAM Faculty of Chemistry. The company is going to strengthen its collaboration and support for students from the UNAM Faculty of Chemistry, through a patronage that will be inaugurated in 2022. In addition, within the framework of its 125th anniversary, Dow will launch the Herbert Henry Dow Scholarship to support high-achieving students at the research level.
Alliance with Museo Memoria y Tolerancia In 2019 they began an alliance with the museum, located in Mexico City, to promote inclusion, diversity, equity and non-discrimination. Dow employees (training) and the community (volunteering) participate. This alliance continues and this 2022 helped promote the “LGBT + Legacy and Future” exhibition.
Reciclaton México 2022. For the third consecutive year, within the framework of the 25 years of Fundación Teletón, Dow will participate in the Reciclatón challenge, a campaign created to raise awareness about waste management (PET, HDPE, aluminum, Tetrapak) and its recovery for Allocate resources to the Telethon Children’s Rehabilitation Centers. This project, which promotes actions around the Circular Economy, aims to exceed the collection of more than 200 tons of waste together with other allied companies and citizens.
Driving key platforms MobilityScience™ and PaintVision. Since 2020, Dow launched its MobilityScience™ platform, as a way to connect Dow businesses that serve the mobility and sustainable transportation markets that are highly relevant in the country. In 2022 they reinforced the alliance with the Jaguar TCS Racing team within Formula E, to promote innovation from vehicles on the race track to commercial cars.
This year, in Mexico they have developed the PaintVision digital platform, a tool where Dow’s technical knowledge and artificial intelligence converge, to promote the development of new formulas for coating products that meet the performance needs of the final consumer.
Dow celebrates 125 years as a global company with a Mexican essence that has proven to be a responsible corporate citizen, based on pillars of innovation, customer focus, sustainability and inclusion that seeks to continue exploring solutions together with its allies and the communities where it operates for many years. More years.
