Dow Announces Coatings Manufacturing Investment in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI, announced plans to invest in a new manufacturing facility for its Dow Coating Materials business unit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dow Coating Materials supplies products and technologies to architectural and industrial coatings manufacturers. The planned facility, which will be located at the Jubail Industrial City, will manufacture a wide range of coating materials for both the Kingdom and export markets worldwide.
“With an unmatched specialty portfolio of advanced materials, we constantly aim at bringing customers differentiation and solving global challenges locally together,” said Jerome Peribere, Executive Vice President of The Dow Chemical Co. and President and Chief Executive Officer, Dow Advanced Materials Division. “By investing in a new coatings facility in Saudi Arabia, we are moving closer to our regional customers, and realizing our regional business objectives in a key growth market for Dow.”