Dow’s Innovative Science-Based Solutions Are Key to Enabling the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
August 05 2016 - 9:48AM
Business Wire
The Official Chemistry Company of the Olympic
Games celebrates 60 years in Brazil, providing solutions and
technologies for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
As the world convenes in Brazil for the excitement of the Rio
2016 Olympic Games, The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: Dow), the Official Chemistry Company of the
Olympic Games and Official Carbon Partner of Rio 2016, is proud to
provide innovative, science-based solutions for one of the most
respected and prestigious global events. Celebrating 60 years of
presence in the region, Dow is involved in more than 20 projects
connected to the Games, spanning from field-of-play technologies to
venue construction, transportation, city infrastructure, and carbon
mitigation.
“With our knowledge and broad portfolio of solutions, Dow is
demonstrating how science can power the world of sports,” said
Louis A. Vega, Dow global vice president of Olympic & Sports
Solutions. “Our technologies are present in all key competition
clusters for the Rio 2016 Games, as well as the city’s extended
infrastructure. As the Official Chemistry Company of the Olympic
Games, we are able to address the needs of organizers, athletes,
media and spectators in order to help make the Rio 2016 Games a
success.”
With solutions incorporated throughout numerous Olympic venues,
Dow is proud to mark 60 years of operation in Brazil and further
expand its business in a highly strategic and important region.
Field-of-Play Technologies
- Rio 2016’s hockey competition at the
Deodoro Park will be played on a high performance innovative
synthetic turf system which uses DOWLEX™ linear low density
polyethylene resins in the yarns as well as Dow’s polyurethanes
technologies for the backing of the carpet.
- The balls utilized on the Olympic
hockey competition rely on a tailor made micro-foamed polyurethane
(PU) core developed with Dow polyols. The PU core uniquely provides
higher-performance and more consistency than hockey balls made with
traditional vulcanised cork and rubber cores or solid polymer
cores.
- Dow Plastic resins were utilized in the
pipes from the draining and irrigation system underneath the
natural grass pitch of Maracanã stadium, venue of the Opening and
Closing ceremonies and key football matches. Additionally, Dow
technologies were used in flooring applications and waterproofing
systems for concrete and metal structures within the stadium.
Athletes’ Village
- Construction chemicals and paints
formulated with coating technologies from Dow were used in
buildings in the Athletes’ Village to provide beautiful,
long-lasting protection and finishing.
- The 28 modular water tanks will help
provide a reliable water supply system for athletes, coaches,
officials and referees participating in the Games were manufactured
with resins from Dow’s Propylene Glycol.
- More sustainable waterborne acrylic
epoxy road markings were applied on bike lanes inside and around
the Village in the neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca, as well as at
the iconic Copacabana beach.
- Athletes from 200+ countries competing
in Rio will sleep on comfortable, mattresses made with polyurethane
technology from Dow.
Olympic Park
- Dow Wire and Cable technologies provide
protection and durability to the energy and data cables installed
at venues including the Olympic Tennis Centre, Olympic Aquatics
Stadium and the Main Press Centre/International Broadcast Centre
(MPC/IBC) complex, where media tell the stories of Rio 2016 to
billions of fans.
- The IBC building also features Dow
technologies in the Exterior Insulation and Finishing Systems
(EIFS) panels of the building façade. This innovative system
enabled completion of the façade in 30 days, while standard
technologies take up to six months to be installed.
Infrastructure solutions in and around Rio
- The roof at the city’s novel Museum of
Tomorrow (Museu do Amanhã) is protected with 100% acrylic resin to
provide waterproofing and exterior durability to this iconic
structure. In addition, the reflective roof helps keep the building
up to five degrees cooler.
- Flooring solutions and polyurethane
insulation panels from Dow were utilized in the major renovation
that took place at Viracopos International Airport in Campinas, São
Paulo, one of the main cargo transportation hubs for the
Games.
- On the most important road connecting
Rio to São Paulo, Rodovia Presidente Dutra, road marking solutions
based on Dow’s FASTRACK™ coatings technologies provide reliable
pavement markings.
- DLP™ and WALOCEL™ solutions for
adhesive mortar were utilized in some of Rio's new hotels, as well
as in the Olympic Park and Athletes' Village.
“From infrastructure solutions to an innovative carbon
mitigation program, we are excited to showcase our technologies in
Brazil and share our successes with our customers and partners on a
global stage,” said Fabian Gil, president of Dow Latin America.
“Rio 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of Dow Brazil and also
inaugurates a new chapter of meaningful collaborations and business
success for the Company across the region.”
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: 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 material,
polymer, chemical and biological science 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, market-driven,
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 2015,
Dow had annual sales of nearly $49 billion and employed
approximately 49,500 people worldwide. The Company's more than
6,000 product families are manufactured at 179 sites in 35
countries across the globe. On June 1, 2016, Dow became the 100
percent owner of Dow Corning Corporation’s silicones business, a
global company with sales of greater than $4.5 billion in 2015, 25
manufacturing sites in 9 countries and approximately 10,000
employees worldwide. 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 found
at www.dow.com.
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