Dow (NYSE:DOW) is extending the 2020 Packaging Innovation Awards entry deadline to July 17 due to the global impact of COVID-19.

Submissions can still be made on the Packaging Innovation Awards website.

'Under the unprecedented circumstances the world is facing, we are delaying the entry deadline for the Packaging Innovation Awards to July 17,' said Karin Katzer, Dow's global business initiatives marketing director for Packaging & Specialty Plastics

The extension is also out of an abundance of caution for the international panel of judges who convene each year for the hands-on evaluation, which Dow hopes to conduct later in 2020.

Dow will continue to share updates on the Packaging Innovation Awards website.

'Each year, Dow sponsors the Packaging Innovation Awards to recognize exceptional work across the packaging landscape and our hope is to continue that work in 2020. The Dow team extends well wishes to everyone in the industry and looks forward to another exciting year of packaging innovation achievements.'

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Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines one of the broadest technology sets in the industry with asset integration, focused innovation and global scale to achieve profitable growth and become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company. Dow's portfolio of performance materials, industrial intermediates and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for our customers in high-growth segments, such as packaging, infrastructure and consumer care. Dow operates 113 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 37,000 people. Dow delivered pro forma sales of approximately $50 billion in 2018. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries.

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