Bangkok--20 May--APCO Worldwide
Dow Corning (Thailand) Limited launched today Dow Corning Quality Bond™, a new service that will lift silicone bonding and sealing for Building Façade systems in Thailand to the highest quality level. As of today, Kaskal Co., Ltd., YHS International Co., Ltd., and Thai-German Specialty Glass Co., Ltd. are the first three companies that have qualified for Dow Corning Quality Bond membership in Thailand.
Quality Bond™ is a tailored support initiative for project partners including architects, façade consultants, and system providers based on their role in construction project specification chain. The initiative also offers a set of innovative service manufacturers of Structural Glazing and insulation glass using Dow Corning Silicones.
Becoming a certified member of Quality Bond™ indicates the member’s performance standards and training are world class. Members of the Quality Bond™ community share in our extensive know-how in structural glazing, insulating glazing, and other silicone-based bonding and sealing applications. The know-how transfer concept of Quality Bond™ also ensures the controllability of technical complexity from planning to building inspection support right through to execution.
“State-of-the-art products, standards of best practice in quality control, quality assurance, and product application by specialist silicone fabricators and applicators form the backbone of this exciting initiative. Quality Bond™ allows customers and specifiers to share in Dow Corning's industry-leading expertise and benefit from our proven global performance track record,” says Sheng Thong Yin, Dow Corning’s Commercial Director of the ASEAN ANZ region.
Thailand is now the second country in Southeast Asia after the Philippines that will experience Quality Bond™. Currently available in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Quality Bond™ will give its members in Thailand access to Dow Corning’s globally renowned technical expertise offering a range of services maintain quality control of projects to meet the customer satisfaction and ensures durability of the building solutions. Dow Corning has 25 years of experience working with customers in Thailand and this new process will be a great addition to our joint efforts to build the best products and projects.
Among numerous structurally glazed facades in the kingdom that used Dow Corning is the Thai Airways International headquarters, a testament to the performance of Dow Corning’s silicone and the robustness of the curtain wall system. The Thai Airways headquarters building is one among many of the world’s most prestigious projects – from the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Statue of Liberty in New York, to Manchester United’s Old Trafford Stadium in the U.K. – that also tried and trusted Dow Corning.
About Dow Corning
Dow Corning (dowcorning.com) provides performance-enhancing solutions to serve the diverse needs of more than 25,000 customers worldwide. A global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, Dow Corning offers more than 7,000 products and services via the company’s Dow Corning® and XIAMETER® (xiameter.com) brands. Dow Corning is equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning.
About High Performance Building Solutions
Dow Corning is collaborating with industry professionals around the world to develop solutions to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, reduce the eco-footprint of construction materials, and improve the health and safety of building occupants. Taking a holistic approach, Dow Corning brings together expertise from across the company to help customers find solutions to a wide range of high performance building challenges. Dow Corning High Performance Building Solutions include proven materials for structural and protective glazing, weatherproofing, insulating glass, window and door fabrication, and building materials protection, as well as innovations for high-efficiency insulation, LED lighting, thermal management systems, and the incorporation of photovoltaic cells and solar panels into building design.