Dow Receives Award for Predictive Intelligence Capability
HORGEN, Switzerland — Dow has received a 2021 FutureEdge 50 award for its Predictive Intelligence capability, Dow Polyurethanes’ flagship digitalization initiative. The FutureEdge 50 awards annually recognize 50 organizations pushing the edge of innovation with breakthrough technologies to advance their business for the future.
The Predictive Intelligence capability, created in collaboration with Microsoft, was recognized for its cutting-edge innovation in transforming the polyurethane product development process. Predictive Intelligence combines Dow’s material science expertise with Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning experience to reimagine R&D, speeding up the 2–3 month long product development process for polyurethane formulations by 200,000x, reducing the discovery phase to just 30 seconds.