With broadband and 5G growing globally, reliable telecommunication networks are critical for long-term infrastructure. For almost 70 years, Dow has been advancing solutions for communication networks to help you deliver faster, more reliable connectivity with overall lower total cost of ownership to customers. Dow is collaborating with the telecommunications value chain to deliver current materials and develop next generation resources.

Quality materials enable efficient cable production, ease and speed of installation and improved information transmission needed in today’s digital world. Our family of insulation and jacketing compounds – including foam insulations – can be used in copper cables, coaxial cables and fiber optic cables. 

For cables installed in highly populated and enclosed environments, safety must be enhanced to ensure the harmful risks in the event of a fire is reduced. Dow’s fire performance insulation and jacketing compounds offer cable producers a variety of solutions, from fire resistant compounds for control cables to different types of flame-retardant compounds that delay cable burning and limit or eliminate the release of smoke and toxic gases.  Our portfolio of flame-retardant products includes a wide variety of fully formulated compounds and resins that allow users to formulate their own compounds.