Dow, Whirlpool Corporation, and Reynolds Consumer Products announced a collaboration to provide much-needed respirators to the heroic men and women in healthcare who are working on the frontlines to combat the spread of COVID-19. The joint project is a protective piece of headgear and respirator system that will be manufactured and sold through WIN Health Labs, LLC, in addition to an initial donation to hospitals. The personal protective equipment (PPE) created by the joint team is a powered, air-purifying respirator, or PAPR, which takes the place of a traditional medical mask and visor and features a replaceable polyethylene hood.
Dow collaborated with nine key partners across a myriad of industries to develop and donate 100,000 isolation gowns to help frontline workers in Texas, Louisiana and Mexico.
Dow commits $3.5 million to aid COVID-19 relief efforts and has adjusted its manufacturing processes to produce hand sanitizer.
In Addition:
- Dow Thailand partnered with Solvay to donate 600 tons of hydrogen peroxide, which will aid in 15 million liters of disinfectant
- Dow helped 200 low-income Malaysian families with grocery and hygiene care kits
- Dow donated clinical gowns to a medical center in Australia
- Dow commits additional $500,000 to aid Great Lakes Bay Region COVID-19 relief efforts
- Dow employees in Thailand, the Netherlands and Belgium donated 2,000 PPE suits locally
- Dow and Femmes de Foot will provide healthy food for frontline employees of Samu 67 and Strasbourg Hospitals
- Dow employees raised funds for migrant workers in Singapore to connect to family members through phone plans
- Dow launched a Workplace Giving and Employee Match Program
- Dow developed a simplified, lightweight design for face shields to help protect healthcare professionals, shares open-source design to encourage additional production
- Dow Spain partnered with Joan XXIII University Hospital to support the enhancement of needed technology and donation of PPE
- Dow supported Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Estarreja to mitigate coronavirus pandemia
- Dow Korea donated 28 Million KRW ($22,813) to Support Nationwide COVID-19 Relief Efforts