Casual Shoes Materials
Enabling stylish sustainability solutions in shoes that protect and last
Footwear is a key element of any wardrobe. We put our shoes on every day for work or play. Increasingly, consumers are looking for their wardrobe to include more sustainability solutions that are made responsibly. This is causing brands to pay special attention to how they can create footwear with a lower carbon footprint. At Dow, we’ve made it our mission to create sustainability solutions in footwear that perfectly combines style and comfort.
Casual Shoes Products
View our entire product catalog to find the best choices for your casual shoe needs.
High-performance polyurethane outsoles
Dow’s high-performance polyurethanes for outsoles help strike the right balance between ergonomics, protection, and comfort, making them the perfect choice to manufacture shoes for everyday usage.
VORALAST™ Polyurethane Soling
Lightweight and tough, providing excellent wear properties.
Midsoles for casual wear
As consumers become more conscious of the impact of footwear on overall health, shoes that we wear on a daily basis are expected to deliver better on ergonomics and comfort. Casual footwear manufacturers can rely on the qualities of olefin-based polymers such as ENGAGE™ Polyolefin Elastomers (POEs) that are often blended with EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate)-based foams to enhance performance and processing. In addition, INFUSE™ Olefin Block Copolymers (OBCs) and ENERLYTE™ Polyurethane Elastomer are added to produce midsoles with greater levels of comfort.
How INFUSE™ OBCs Improve midsole performance.
How INFUSE™ OBCs outperform e-TPUs in cost and performance.
Designed to meet the need of today’s modern user.
Unitsoles enable new sole structures for enhanced performance
Standing out in today’s competitive casual footwear landscape is a challenge. Our products enable the creation of unitsoles which provide an optimal balance of abrasion and traction whilst also simplifying the shoe assembly process, allowing you to be more cost-efficient in a competitive market.
VORALAST™ Polyurethane Soling
Lightweight and tough, providing excellent wear properties.
Let’s work together to deliver casual footwear that is comfortable, stylish and made with sustainability solutions.