American Coatings Show 2018

Leo Procopio

The Dow Chemical Company


Dr. Leo Procopio received his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and then joined the Rohm and Haas Company as a Senior Scientist in their Industrial Coatings group. He has spent the last 27 years at Rohm and Haas and Dow Chemical carrying out exploratory research, new product development and technical service work in the area of waterborne coatings for the industrial maintenance and industrial metal and wood finishing markets. He is currently the Application Development Leader for Industrial Coatings in the Dow Coating Materials Technical Service group, where his responsibilities include the development of application knowledge across industrial coatings chemistries and market segments, the design of new resins for waterborne and solventborne industrial finishes, and assisting coatings manufacturers in their formulation development.

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