Dow Corning’s Pune Site Wins DCCIA Award for Best Practices in Safety

Ranjangaon, Pune.— Dow Corning’s Ranjangaon site has been recognized by the Deccan Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture (DCCIA) Pune for best practices in safety. The DCCIA Pune newly instituted the “DCCIA Safety Award 2012” for recognizing “Best Safety Practices” this year, and Dow Corning India Pvt. Ltd. was recognized for this award under the Chemicals category,

The awards ceremony was held on October 20, 2012 in Pune where Dow Corning received this honor. David Longo, Dow Corning’s manager for Pune site said, “Safety is one of our seven Core Values at Dow Corning and our team is committed to an injury-free work environment. While this is an important recognition of all our employees’ efforts, we should continue our journey into safety.” Suneel Joshi, Dow Corning’s Employee Safety and Security manager for Pune site commented, “The safety award from DCCIA is a significant acknowledgement and a strategic step forward to showcase our commitment to safety and safe practices to the external world.”

DCCIA Pune was formed with the objective to promote greater cooperation between member industries & to bring them on a common platform.

About Dow Corning in India
Dow Corning in India (dowcorning.in) has worked closely with customers to help them be successful in local as well as in international markets. We serve customers across the region from our office in Mumbai and our manufacturing facility in Pune. Our Application & Engineering Technical Services laboratory enables collaboration with Indian customers to provide silicone-based solutions that are new to, or customized for India.
Dow Corning in India offers innovative solutions and products to industries as diverse as construction, automotive, solar, textiles, beauty & personal care and many others.

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® brands. Dow Corning is a joint venture equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning, Incorporated. More than half of Dow Corning’s annual sales are outside the United States.