Wang Rui, Technical Manager of Dow Chemical Coatings Business Department, Won the Award of "Science and Technology Innovation Engineer of 2026 Coatings Industry"

At present, the paint sector is accelerating the transformation to the environmentally friendly, intelligent and global direction. Under the background of the continuous promotion of the "double carbon" goal, the sector is facing multiple tasks such as methodology upgrading, high-condition research, manufacturing chain collaborative innovation and overseas market expansion. This conference focuses on ecological preservation methodology breakthroughs, intelligent factory construction, digital supply chain, global layout strategy and other content, to build a communication platform covering the whole sector chain of raw material production, consumption and service, and to promote methodology exchange and supply and demand docking.

At the same time, the conference held the award ceremony of "2026 coating products new material innovation star, coating products sector science and methodology innovation engineer award. The selection is to front-line technical engineers in the coatings sector. After consumption and recommendation, qualification review and jury review, a group of outstanding engineers with outstanding performance in methodology research and research, process improvement and achievement transformation were finally selected.

Wang Rui, technical manager of Dow Chemical Coatings Business Department, won the "2026 Coatings sector Science and methodology Innovation Engineer Award" to his outstanding performance in the field of "paint raw material research and research". This honor is not only a full affirmation of her personal technical ability and innovation achievements, however also reflects the sector's high recognition of the thorough strength of Dow Chemical in scientific and technological innovation, methodology accumulation and personnel training. At the same time, the award-winning engineer was also employed as an expert in the technical think tank of the excellent material library, and was awarded a letter of appointment by Guo Xihong, founder and chairman of the board of directors.

As the world's leading materials science company, Dow Chemical has a broad portfolio of businesses in plastics, manufacturing intermediates, coatings and silicones. Its product solutions in the coating products field, covering additives, additives, resins and emulsions, are broadly applied in key areas such as architectural coatings, manufacturing coatings and waterproof coatings by virtue of methodology-based differentiation, providing excellent value to customers in high-development markets including packaging, infrastructure and consumer care.

In addition to the annual awards, the 2026 Coatings New Materials Innovation Conference has also set up activities such as sector chain keynote speeches, cutting-edge coatings methodology forums, procurement docking meetings, AI empowerment experiences, etc. With "sector methodology and AI methodology dual-drive sector efficiency improvement" as the core, it has built an exchange platform covering the entire sector chain of raw material production, consumption and service, helping companies to grasp new condition productivity opportunities and promote the transition of global value chain. During the same period, in 2026, high-condition suppliers of raw materials also attended the procurement docking meeting to carry out business docking with domestic and foreign coating products companies.

Since the New coating products Material Innovation Conference was held in 2004, it has continued to pay attention to the upstream and downstream manufacturing chain of coatings, promote manufacturing transformation and upgrading, promote and excavate innovative technologies and items, praise innovative engineers, and promote the connection between upstream and downstream supply and demand. It has have become a broadly concerned activity in the sector.