The Dow Chemical Company announced Sunday plans to invest in a new manufacturing facility at the Jubail Industrial City for its Dow Coating Materials (DCM) business unit. Dow Coating Materials is the premier supplier of products and technologies to architectural and industrial coatings manufacturers. The planned facility will manufacture a wide range of coating materials for both the Kingdom and export markets worldwide. “With an unmatched specialty portfolio of advanced materials, we constantly aim at bringing customers differentiation and solving global challenges locally together,” said Jerome Peribere, Executive Vice President of The Dow Chemical Company and President and Chief Executive Officer, Dow Advanced Materials Division (AMD). “By investing in a new coatings facility in Saudi Arabia, we are moving closer to our regional customers, and realizing our regional business objectives in a key growth market for Dow.” “Our investment in a new world-class coatings facility will support our growth ambitions by bringing the most advanced and sustainable coating materials to the Saudi market and by enabling us to deliver innovation that is tailored to the region's needs,” said Dr. Ilham Kadri, General Manager, AMD Middle East & Africa. “Additionally, we will look to create new highly-skilled jobs in the Saudi market.”
