For the Long Haul

Whether developing vehicles to go across town or across continents, you need high-quality materials that will last for the long haul. You also need a supplier partner you can count on to help you develop customizable solutions that address your needs for durability, safety, emissions control and fuel efficiency. You get both when you work with Dow Automotive Systems. As a full-service supplier to the commercial transportation industry, we have the technical resources, engineering capabilities, materials selection expertise, and supply-chain management that allow us to support every phase of your project from concept to launch. And we’re dedicated to delivering cost-effective and usable answers to your most demanding applications challenges.

Customizable Solutions

We're dedicated to delivering cost-effective and usable answers to our customers based on the optimum combination of material, process and system cost, not on which off-the-shelf material we have to sell. We've developed award-winning components and applications in these areas:

• Direct glazing and glass bonding systems
• Structural adhesives for roof, floor, body panel and other bonding
• Acoustical, structural and energy-management foams
• Semi-structural adhesives for roofs, side panels, luggage compartments, floors and can rails
• Thermoplastic and thermoset resin systems for composites
• Diesel particulate filters
• Reinforcing composites

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Engineering Added Value

As a full-service supplier, we support every phase of your project from concept to launch. We offer the technical resources, engineering capabilities, materials selection and optimization, plus the supply-chain management that allows us to exceed your requirements, meet appropriate regulations and reduce your cost.

Our Advanced Engineering Centers support all aspects of part design and prototyping, tool design and appropriate testing and validation under simulated (CAD/CAE/FEA/FMEA) and actual conditions. Plus, our global reach means we're located near OEMs and tier suppliers worldwide.

Our Technical Service and Development (TS&D) Centers provide in-the-field technical service with quick response to your immediate needs. Our centers also are dedicated to developing new products and solutions for our customers' application needs within customer timelines.

To find more information about working with the Commercial Transportation Group, contact us.