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Consumers are looking for products that will brighten their day, and Dow is here to provide furniture and bedding producers with cushioning material, or finishes that create durable and comfortable furniture and bedding.

Our broad portfolio of isocyanate and polyol products include conventional flex slab, molded foams, viscoelastic low emission foams, well as high resilient and flame retardant foams. With RENUVA™ Renewable Resource Technology, we enable our customers to differentiate themselves from competitors while reducing the impact on the environment by creating foams with high levels of renewable content. With over 50 years of experience in polyurethane chemistry coupled with a deep understanding of the furniture and bedding market, we help enable our customers to produce a range of furniture and bedding products around the world.

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Cushioning and Foams

Ethylene Oxide (EO)

Ethylene Oxide (EO) is an important intermediate used in the manufacture of polyurethane furniture cushioning and raw materials for polyester textiles and fabrics.

PAPI™ Polymeric MDI

Mattresses and cushioning. Choose PAPI™ MDI for interior trim, adhesive and cushioning applications. For formulating systems and better flow into molds for semi-flexible and integral skin foam. Use where high viscosity is required for processing polyisocyanurate foams.

Polyurethanes

Furniture/Mattress; Flexible Molding; and Specialty Foams.

Propylene Oxide

A component for polyurethane/urea elastomers.

RENUVA™ Renewable Resource Technology

Natural oil-based polyols manufactured with RENUVA™ enable customers to create products with high levels of renewable content, and without the odor often associated with bio-based polyols. Initial offerings includes bio-based wood and furniture adhesives, carpet coatings, sealants, elastomers and bio-based polyols for flexible slab-foam, memory foam, matresses and pillows.

SPECFLEX™ Copolymer Polyols
Africa
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
North America

SPECFLEX™ Polyurethane Components are used in the production of flexible and integral skin foams for use by the furniture industry.

VORACOR™ Polyurethane Components
Africa
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
North America

Systems for wood imitation applications, sliding shutters and foams to be poured directly in cavities.

VORALUX™ Polyurethane Components
Africa
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
North America

VORALUX™ Polyurethane Components are used as padding material because of their excellent characteristics of durability, comfort, low weight and hygiene. Product offering includes conventional flexible molded foams for office and home furniture, combustion modified flexible molded foams for home and public building furnishing and flexible foams for mattresses and home furniture produced as discontinuous slab.

VORANATE™ Specialty Isocyanate

VORANATE™ Specialty Isocyanate is well suited for use in flexible molding applications for the furniture and bedding industry.

VORANOL™ VORACTIV™ Polyols

Reduced amine emission foams for mattresses and flexible cushioning. Other benefits include reduced odor and reliable consistency, critical for manufacturing quality mattresses, sofas and other foam-based furniture.

VORANOL™ Polyether Polyol

Flexible foams for mattresses and cushioning.

Decoratives and Furniture

AMPLIFY™ Functional Polymers

AMPLIFY™ Functional Polymers are a family of functionalized polyolefins that offer enhanced performance differentiation for films and extrusion coatings, as well as thermoplastic powder coatings used in park benches and playground equipment, modified dispersions, adhesives/tielayers, and polymer modifications.

PRIMACOR™ copolymers

PRIMACOR™ Copolymers are ethylene acrylic acid resins and offer terrific adhesion to various substrates. Together with excellent toughness and flexibility, PRIMACOR™ Copolymers are useful in a wide array of packaging applications, as well as for polymer modifications, thermoplastic powder coatings for park benches and playground equipment, adhesives, dispersions, encapsulants and binders, and other protective coatings.

VORACOR™ Polyurethane Components
Africa
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
North America

Systems for wood imitation applications, sliding shutters and foams to be poured directly in cavities.

VORASTAR™ Polymers

Components and intermediates for two component systems for high performance elastomers and coatings.

Fabric and Textiles

Caustic Soda

Caustic Soda is used in the chemical processing of cotton, such as desizing, scouring and mercerization. In addition, caustic soda is used in the dying process for synthetic fibers such as nylon, polyester and other materials for furniture textiles.

Ethylene Glycols (EG)
MEGlobal

Ethylene Glycol (EG) is a key raw material used in the production of polyester textiles and fabrics for furnishings.

Ethylene Oxide (EO)

Ethylene Oxide (EO) is an important intermediate used in the manufacture of polyurethane furniture cushioning and raw materials for polyester textiles and fabrics.

Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM)

Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) is a building block for stain and wrinkle resistance fabric and textile treatments for furnishings.

Profiling and Finishing

AMPLIFY™ Functional Polymers

Chlorinated Organics

Chlorinated Organics such as methylene chloride are often used in industrial paint stripping, commercial furniture strippers and home paint removers.

DURELAST™ polyurethane elastomers

High-performance materials designed for furniture profiling (edgings) and architectural finishing for domestic and commercial environments such as retailers, banks, airports, hotels, schools, kitchens and restaurants.

PRIMACOR™ copolymers

RENUVA™ Renewable Resource Technology

Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM)

Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) is a building block for stain and wrinkle resistance fabric and textile treatments for furnishings.