MOSCOW (MRC) -- Dow Construction Chemicals (DCC), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has announced the launch of a new high performance 100% acrylic redispersible powder, DLP-500, reported Dow in its press release.
With this launch, Dow enters a new market with a dry acrylic powder that performs as well as the company’s highly regarded acrylic emulsion products.
"This product represents our ongoing commitment to, and a truly unique innovation in, the redispersible powder market," said Bill Wagner, commercial director for DCC in North America. "DLP-500 provides all the performance benefits of a traditional wet acrylic, along with the sustainability benefits and savings from lower shipping and packaging costs."
Designed specifically for Exterior Insulation Finish Systems (EIFS) and stucco finishes, DLP-500 enables a dry mix with exceptional early rain resistance and dirt pick-up resistance while maintaining the workability and feel of traditional wet-formulated products. DLP-500 is the first product to be commercialized from what is expected to be a robust platform of high-performance, 100% acrylic redispersible powders for applications ranging from EIFS and roof coatings to repair mortars, grouts and tile adhesive.
Leveraging Dow’s decades-long experience in acrylic polymer technology, DLP-500 also enables formulators to serve a construction industry increasingly focused on sustainable building practices. By allowing for packaging in bags instead of pails or buckets, DLP-500 realizes package cost savings in excess of 60%. Additionally, without the presence of water, which can represent 50% of a traditional acrylic emulsion, DLP-500 customers can potentially cut their shipping costs and fuel use in half.
Produced in the United States, DLP-500 is being debuted in North America, with global launches expected in other regions throughout 2015.
As MRC wrote previously, in early 2014, Dow Chemical announced that the SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture between Dow and Siam Cement Group, had finalized the start-up of its new propylene oxide (PO) facility in Thailand by successfully completing its full capacity performance test.
The Dow Chemical Company is an American multinational chemical corporation. As of 2007, it is the second-largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue (after BASF) and as of February 2009, the third-largest chemical company in the world by market capitalization (after BASF and DuPont). Dow is a large producer of plastics, including polystyrene, polyurethane, polyethylene, polypropylene, and synthetic rubber.
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