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Air Care

With a broad portfolio of high-performing products and advanced high-throughput capabilities, Dow can help you deliver differentiated air care products.

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Delivering a fresh and welcoming scent experience

Increasing consumer demand and regulatory requirements are driving the need for air care products that are safer and more effective than ever. Our broad portfolio of glycol ethers, surfactants, solvents and more deliver a range of performance and safety benefits.

Our technologies include alcohols and glycol ether solvents that work synergistically with Dow specialty nonionic surfactants, including bio-based options, to enable efficient fragrance solubilization, emulsification and delivery for an excellent scent experience. 

Streamline product testing

Our formulation expertise can help you streamline and accelerate product testing to commercialize faster.

Optimize product performance

Our ingredients can help you optimize product life span, evaporation rate and other performance attributes.

Minimize environmental impact

Our technologies can help you minimize environmental impact during production, use and disposal of end product.

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ECOSURF™ SA Surfactants

ECOSURF™ SA Surfactants are bio-based and readily biodegradable specialty ingredients that enable air care products with reduced environmental impact.

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Increasing safety and effectiveness of aerosols and spray formulations

At Dow, we provide technologies, ingredients and capabilities to help brand owners develop high-performing air fresheners and fabric enhancers in aerosol and spray formats. These products are carefully designed to deliver freshness and improve air quality while still maintaining stability and meeting regulatory requirements.

We offer a wide range of solvents, surfactants and alcohols to enable air care products in aerosol and spray formats that connect excellent performance with an improved environmental profile. 

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Glycol Ether Solvents

DOWANOL™ DPM Glycol Ether, DOWANOL™ PnB Glycol Ether and DOWANOL™ PnP Glycol Ether are fast-evaporating solvents that make them excellent alternatives to ethanol in air care products. DOWANOL™ EPh6 Glycol Ether improves solubilization and emulsification of fragrance without filming or streaking effects.

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Specialty Surfactants

Dow’s specialty surfactants such as TERGITOL™ 15-S-9 Surfactant and ECOSURF™ SA-7 Surfactant are designed to perform synergistically with solvents to improve fragrance solubilization in air products at low surfactant levels.

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Alcohols

Dow also offers low-molecular-weight, water-soluble alcohols such as Propylene Glycol and Dipropylene Glycol, which can be used in aerosols and sprays, enhancing the solubility of perfumes and fragrances to improve spray performance and fragrance expression.

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