Dow Scientists Receive Prestigious “Heroes of Chemistry” Award
June 29 2015 - 12:47PM
Business Wire
Recognized for Breakthrough Plastics and Rubber Catalyst
Technology
Scientists from The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) who led the
development of INSITE™ catalyst, a revolutionary technology that
made possible highly-tailored materials bridging the properties of
plastic and rubber, today were named among the 2015 “Heroes of
Chemistry,” a prestigious award given by the American Chemical
Society (ACS).
“Innovation is a key driver of Dow’s growth strategy,” said A.N.
Sreeram, Ph.D., Dow corporate vice president of research and
development. “True breakthroughs happen when we have a seat at our
customer’s – and their customer’s – design table to inspire
collaborative innovation. This highly coveted recognition is a
testament to our scientists’ ability to foster that collaboration
between industry, academia and consumers to deliver lasting
solutions.”
Polymer brands ENGAGE™ Polyolefin Elastomers, NORDEL™ EPDM and
AFFINITY™ Polyolefin Elastomers from Dow, used in many of today’s
growing consumer markets, including automotive, building and
construction and consumer packaging, have been made possible by the
breakthrough catalyst technology of INSITE™. These and other
new-to-the-world polymer families derived from INSITE™ continue to
revolutionize the plastics industry.
Scientists involved in the INSITE™ project include David Devore,
Morris Edmondson, Pradeep Jain, George Knight, Brian Kolthammer,
Shih-Yaw Law, Robert LaPointe, David Neithamer, Peter Nickias,
Jasson Patton, Robert Rosen, James Stevens, Francis Timmers, Daniel
VanderLende and David Wilson. Collectively, Dow’s research and
development engine was responsible for more than 635 U.S. patents
granted in 2014 — exceeding the previous year’s all-time record by
more than 10 percent.
“Dow has a proven track record of disruptive, best-in-class
innovations driven by our deep intimacy throughout the value chain
– from monomer to market – to truly understand the needs of our
customers and of consumers globally,” said Kim Ann Mink, Ph.D.,
business president, Dow Elastomers, Electrical and
Telecommunications. “This recognition reflects great credit upon
the many scientists and engineers at Dow and at companies around
the world who have applied the latest in market-driven,
technology-enabled solutions to move plastics and polymer
innovation forward to meet some of our world’s most pressing
challenges.”
Heroes of Chemistry are nominated by their respective companies
to recognize talent, creativity and innovation. The program
recognizes scientists whose innovative work in chemistry and
chemical engineering led to commercial products that benefit the
world. The commercial success of products in the marketplace is an
important criterion for this honor, because Dow recognizes that
good business results follow good science.
Other companies named 2015 Heroes of Chemistry include
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene Corporation, Eastman Chemical
Company, Gilead Sciences and Pfizer, Inc. The teams will be
recognized in a ceremony on Aug. 16, during the Society’s 250th
National Meeting & Exposition in Boston.
About Dow
Dow combines the power of science and technology to passionately
innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company is
driving innovations that extract value from the intersection of
chemical, physical and biological sciences to help address many of
the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean
water, clean energy generation and conservation, and increasing
agricultural productivity. Dow's integrated, marketdriven,
industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced
materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad
range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in
approximately 180 countries and in high-growth sectors such as
packaging, electronics, water, coatings and agriculture. In 2014,
Dow had annual sales of more than $58 billion and employed
approximately 53,000 people worldwide. The Company's more than
6,000 product families are manufactured at 201 sites in 35
countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the "Company"
mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be
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