Dow Helps Contribute to Carbon Savings from Anti-Corrosion Steel Coatings
MIDLAND, MI – Announcing the latest contributor under Dow’s Official Carbon Partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Dow is teaming up with PPG to reduce the carbon impact of anti-corrosion coatings for steel commercial infrastructure.
The collaboration between Dow and PPG, a global supplier of paints, coatings and specialty materials, aims to deliver reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions though improved coatings for commercial and industrial buildings, infrastructure such as bridges and marine vessels, while helping to lessen costs associated with structural metal corrosion. As an alternative to traditional coating solutions, PPG’s two-coat PSX system, based on Dow polysiloxane technology, requires fewer coats to achieve the same level of protection than a competitive three-coat system. This results in less energy-intensive production and application, and therefore, a potential reduction of GHG emissions.