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Nearshoring
Navigating nearshoring solutions? We’ll put you in the driver’s seat.
At Dow we understand the significance of nearshoring in Latin America, as a global chemical industry leader we are proud to be at the forefront of nearshoring initiatives, enabling business the explore the benefits of a local expertise.
Unlocking opportunities for growth and success
At Dow, we understand the significance of nearshoring in Latin America and its immense potential for companies seeking to optimize their operations. As a global leader in the chemical industry, we are proud to be at the forefront of nearshoring initiatives, enabling businesses to harness the benefits of regional proximity and local excellence in producing innovative and sustainable materials.
The Nearshoring impact in Latin America
Latin America has emerged as a strategic hub for nearshoring, offering multitude of advantages for companies looking to enhance their competitiveness.
With cost efficiency, improved communication, and cultural similarities, nearshoring in the region has become a game-changer for organizations aiming to streamline their supply chains and drive efficiency.
Latin America benefits on Nearshoring investments includes:
Nearshoring allows for closer collaboration and communication between companies, resulting in faster response times and increased efficiency.
Nearshoring to countries with similar cultural backgrounds and languages facilitates smoother collaboration and minimizes potential cultural barriers.
By leveraging lower labor and operational costs in nearby countries, businesses can achieve significant cost savings without compromising quality.
Nearshoring enables companies to work within similar time zones, enhancing real-time communication and reducing delays.
Experience the power of collaboration with Dow
Dow has established a strong and influential presence in Latin America. Our extensive operations and facilities across the region enable us to deliver innovative solutions and support the growth of local industries. Key highlights of our presence in Latin America region includes: strong network facilities with multiple manufacturing plants, local expertise with high skilled ready to help professionals who possess in-depth local market knowledge and local partnerships with actively engagement with local organizations, institutions, government and more.
Our global presence, ESG as main focus and expertise in Latin America, positions us as ideal partner for growth, enabling businesses to tap into our sophisticated technological platform and access a wide range of high-value products and materials.
Partnering with Dow means gaining a competitive edge through collaboration. We have a proven track record of successful collaborations and partnerships in Latin America, creating mutually beneficial outcomes for both our organization and the local communities. By fostering a diverse and inclusive environment, we empower professionals from various backgrounds to thrive and contribute to our shared success.
Our Nearshoring solutions by markets and industries
Dow offers a wide range of industry solutions to cater to various sectors. Here are some of the key market segments we specialize in:
Mobility
Dow offers innovative solutions for the mobility and transportation industry, including lightweight materials that reduce vehicle weight, high-performance adhesives and sealants for automotive assembly, and thermal management materials that improve the performance of electric vehicle batteries.
Packaging
We offer high-performance solutions for a wide variety of packaging applications. From stand-up pouches to bottles, sachets, shrink films and more, our products enable packaging structures that deliver performance and sustainability. You shouldn’t have to compromise one for the other, and we work to make sure you don’t have to.
Infrastructure
Collaborate with architects, engineers, designers, contractors and manufacturers.
Consumer
Changing consumer demand requires innovative materials and technologies that meet expectations for style, comfort, performance and durability. We are collaborating across the industry to develop materials that improve consumer products people rely on every day, from higher-performing footwear to more efficient and reliable appliances.
Dow's commitment to sustainability
At Dow, we are working to deliver a sustainable future through our materials science expertise and collaboration with our customers. By constantly innovating how we source, manufacture, and deliver material solutions, we help our customers achieve their goals and create a better tomorrow.
These pillars represent the sustainability attributes of our product portfolio that help our customers and value chain partners discover and deliver more sustainable solutions to the world we share.
Utilizing biomass feedstocks as an alternative to virgin fossil feedstocks, these products can deliver equal performance whether the demand is for drop-ins or a new formulation. With direct source and mass balance alternatives, we are working closely with customers to advance bio-based solutions.
These biodegradable materials break down into naturally occurring substances to reduce the impact of human activity on ecosystems. Our approach combines innovative advantages with technological best practices, enabling our customers to utilize biodegradable materials while maintaining performance.
We design materials that help our customers improve efficiency and reduce usage of critical resources such as water and energy in their processes. Working with our partners, we aim to reduce the use-phase emissions of our products while raising the bar on how to optimize manufacturing.
We are implementing and advancing technologies to manufacture our products with lower GHG emissions. This, in turn, helps our customers reduce their GHG emissions as we collaborate to decarbonize value chains all the way to the consumer.
We address the accelerating demand for recycled materials through our investments in mechanical, chemical and other advanced recycling processes. By converting waste streams into new raw materials as an alternative to fossil feedstocks, we help our customers meet their recycled content targets.
We create materials that can be used more efficiently and support a circular economy in applications that are designed to be recaptured, recycled and fed back into the value chain. This helps our customers contribute to circularity, reducing volume in landfills while creating value for the next generation.
Frequently asked questions about Nearshoring
Nearshoring refers to the practice of transferring business processes or services to a nearby country, typically for cost savings, improved communication, and cultural similarities.
Nearshoring involves transferring business processes to a nearby country, while offshoring involves moving them to a distant country. Nearshoring offers advantages such as closer proximity, cultural affinity, and time zone compatibility.
Nearshoring offers several benefits, including reduced costs, improved communication, shorter lead times, cultural similarities, and increased collaboration opportunities.
Latin America offers advantages such as a skilled workforce, cost efficiency, proximity to North America, cultural affinity, and a stable business environment, making it an attractive nearshoring destination.
Common questions about collaboration and opportunities
Yes, Dow actively seeks partnerships with organizations and institutions through various programs to drive innovation, co-create solutions, and address industry challenges.
Yes, Dow offers diverse employment opportunities across various disciplines, including research and development, operations and manufacturing, sales and marketing, and support functions. Consult our opportunities in our LinkedIn page.
Yes, Dow is committed to fostering education and training initiatives, including internship and co-op programs, scholarship programs, and training and development opportunities for employees.
You can find information about Dow's offices in Latin America, including addresses and contact details, on our website. Additionally, you can connect with us through social media channels or use our communication channels, such as email, to reach out to our local team.
Latin America Partnerships in the framework of Nearshoring
Reuse Campaign
The Reuse Campaign, created by the chemical company in collaboration with the Akatu Institute and Panasonic, enters its third phase and aims to collect used appliances to repurpose materials such as polyurethane foam.
Nestlé Purina
Nestlé Purina, Dow, and Fundación Avina join forces in a project to close the loop on plastic packaging from end to end.
YBA Project
YBÁ Project - in collaboration with Peabiru Institute and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the project promotes the development of local communities through the commercialization of non-timber resources, while supporting conservation of the Amazon Rainforest.
Mexico RECICLATON
Teleton Foundation, Grisi, Tetra Pak, Dow and Schneider Electric: united for the circular economy and inclusive recycling.
Give your school a hand!
More than paint: how one public-private collaboration is breathing new life into schools in Mexico.
