Chemistry at the Olympic Games

On July 16 Dow announced being official Worldwide Olympic Partner as part of The Olympic Partners Program (TOP). As the official "Chemistry Company" of the Olympic Movement, Dow will partner with the International Olympic Committee and National Olympic Committees around the world through 2020. In the past years, the company has been associated with the Olympic Movement since it made donations of Styrofoam insulation used in ice skating and bobsled runs at the 1980 Lake Placid Games. Recently, Dow has been an official supplier of the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. In 2011, this sponsorship will also bring to life and extend the themes and values of the UNESCO's International Year of Chemistry, which will highlight the important role chemistry must play to help meet human challenges of the future.