Dow Corning

Provides performance-enhancing solutions to serve the diverse needs of more than 25,000 customers worldwide

Established in 1943 specifically to explore and develop the potential of silicones, Dow Corning is a global leader in silicon-based technology and innovation. We are passionate about silicon technology’s versatility, its possibilities and its unique potential to help solve some of the most important challenges facing our world. Through our Dow Corning and XIAMETER brands, we provide performance-enhancing products and solutions to meet the needs of customers in virtually every major industry and to improve the daily lives of nearly a billion of the world’s people. More than half of our annual sales are outside the United States. Dow Corning Corporation is equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning, Incorporated. Dow Corning also is the majority shareholder in Hemlock Semiconductor Group, which is comprised of several joint venture companies. Hemlock Semiconductor is a leading provider of polycrystalline silicon and other silicon-based products used in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices and solar cells and modules.