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The BASF Group (BASF) announced its 2020 third quarter results.

Linde plc announced its 2020 third quarter results.

LyondellBasell (LyondellBasell) announced the results of the third quarter of 2020.

Air Liquide announced its sales in the third quarter of 2020.

Evonik Industries Group (Evonik) announced its third quarter 2020 financial results.

Covestro (Covestro) announced the results of the third quarter of 2020.

Ineos Group Holdings (INEOS GROUP HOLDINGS SA) announced the results of the third quarter of 2020.

Henkel achieved strong organic sales growth in the third quarter of fiscal 2020, an increase of 3.

AkzoNobel (AkzoNobel) announced the results of the third quarter of 2020.

Solvay (Solvay) announced the results of the third quarter of 2020.

DSM (DSM) announced its 2020 third quarter results.

Arkema's sales in the third quarter of 2020 were 1.

LANXESS (LANXESS) in the third quarter of 2020 group sales of 1.

Johnson Matthey announced its results for the first half of the fiscal year ended September 30.

United States

Dow (Dow) announced its 2020 third quarter results.

Sherwin-Williams announced its 2020 third quarter results.

DuPont (DuPont) announced its 2020 third quarter results.
Net sales for the quarter were US$5.
096 billion, compared with US$5.
426 billion in the same period last year.
The net loss attributable to shareholders was US$79 million, and the net profit of the same period last year was US$372 million.

PPG Industries (PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
) announced the results of the third quarter of 2020.
Quarterly net sales were 3.
685 billion U.
S.
dollars, compared with 3.
826 billion U.
S.
dollars in the same period last year.
Net profit was US$442 million, compared with US$367 million in the same period last year.

Ecolab announced its 2020 third quarter results.
Quarterly net sales were 3.
019 billion U.
S.
dollars, compared with 3.
224 billion U.
S.
dollars in the same period last year.
The net profit was US$246 million, and the net profit of the same period last year was US$436 million.

Air Products & Chemicals Inc.
announced its 2020 third quarter results.
Quarterly sales were 2.
32 billion U.
S.
dollars, compared with 2.
283 billion U.
S.
dollars in the same period last year.
The net profit was US$487 million, and the net profit of the same period last year was US$503 million.

Eastman Chemical Company (Eastman Chemical Company) announced its 2020 third quarter results.
Quarterly sales revenue was 2.
122 billion US dollars, compared with 2.
325 billion US dollars in the same period last year.
The net profit was US$161 million, and the net profit of the same period last year was US$266 million.

Huntsman Corp (Huntsman Corp) announced its 2020 third quarter results.
Quarterly revenue was US$1.
51 billion, compared with US$1.
687 billion in the same period last year.
Net profit was 57 million U.
S.
dollars, compared with 41 million U.
S.
dollars in the same period last year.

Celanese (Celanese) announced its 2020 third quarter results.
Quarterly net sales were US$1.
411 billion, compared with US$1.
586 billion in the same period last year.
The net profit was US$209 million, and the net profit of the same period last year was US$265 million.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.
announced its results for the third quarter of 2020.
Quarterly net sales were 1.
027 billion U.
S.
dollars, compared with 1.
107 billion U.
S.
dollars in the same period last year.
The net profit was US$82.
5 million, and the net profit of the same period last year was US$65.
5 million.

Asia

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) announced its 2020 second quarter results.
Quarterly revenue was 29.
3 billion Saudi Riyals (approximately US$7.
81 billion), a decrease of 11% over the same period last year; net profit was 1.
09 billion riyals, and net profit of 740 million riyals in the same period last year.

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation) announced its results for the first half of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.
Sales revenue for the current period was 1504.
8 billion yen (approximately US$14.
4 billion), compared with 1.
8277 billion yen in the same period last year.
The current operating loss was 28.
1 billion yen, and the operating profit for the same period last year was 130.
6 billion yen.
The net loss for the current period was 49.
7 billion yen, and the net profit for the same period last year was 81.
3 billion yen.

LG Chem released a performance report, the company's operating profit for the third quarter of 2020 increased by 158.
7% year-on-year to 902.
1 billion won.
Sales were 7.
5073 trillion won (approximately US$6.
91 billion), an increase of 8.
8% year-on-year, and both set a single-quarter record.
Specifically, the operating profit of the petrochemical business reached 721.
5 billion won, and the operating profit and sales of the battery business reached 168.
8 billion won and 3.
1439 trillion won, respectively.
Sales and operating profit of the Advanced Materials Division reached 962.
9 billion won and 59 billion won, respectively.
The life science business achieved an operating profit of 8.
5 billion won.

Hengli Petrochemical released its third quarterly report for 2020.
In the first three quarters, listed companies achieved operating income of 103.
334 billion yuan (approximately US$15.
8 billion), a year-on-year increase of 35.
38%; net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 9.
896 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 45.
16%.

Sumitomo Chemical announced the results for the first half of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.
Sales revenue for the current period was 1,046.
8 billion yen (approximately 10 billion U.
S.
dollars), compared with 989.
4 billion yen in the same period last year.
Operating profit for the current period was 50.
8 billion yen, and operating profit for the same period last year was 48 billion yen.
The net loss for the current period was 1.
1 billion yen, compared with a net loss of 10.
3 billion yen in the same period last year.

Asahi Kasei Corporation announced its results for the first half of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.
Net sales for the current period were 989.
4 billion yen (approximately 9.
49 billion U.
S.
dollars), compared with 1068.
6 billion yen in the same period last year.
Operating profit for the current period was 76.
8 billion yen, compared with 101.
7 billion yen in the same period last year.
Net profit for the current period was 46.
8 billion yen, compared with 77.
9 billion yen in the same period last year.

Toray Industries, Inc.
announced its results for the first half of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.
The current sales revenue was 856.
1 billion yen (approximately US$8.
22 billion), compared with 1,059 billion yen in the same period last year.
Operating profit for the current period was 5.
5 billion yen, and operating profit for the same period last year was 68.
4 billion yen.
The net profit for the current period was 4.
466 billion yen, and the net profit for the same period last year was 50.
9 billion yen.

Shin-Etsu Chemical announced the results for the first half of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.
Net sales for the current period were 710.
5 billion yen (approximately US$6.
82 billion), compared with 786.
5 billion yen in the same period last year.
Operating profit for the current period was 184.
3 billion yen, compared with 210.
5 billion yen in the same period last year.
Net profit for the current period was 140.
3 billion yen, compared with 165 billion yen in the same period last year.

Wanhua Chemical released its financial report.
In the first three quarters of 2020, the company achieved revenue of approximately 49.
232 billion yuan (approximately US$7.
53 billion), a year-on-year increase of 1.
43%; net profit was 5.
349 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 32.
28%.
The decline in net profit was mainly due to the decrease in the production and sales volume and price of the company's main product MDI due to the impact of the epidemic during the reporting period.

Lotte Chemical announced its 2020 third quarter results.
Quarterly sales were 3,045.
5 billion won (approximately US$2.
8 billion), and operating profit was 193.
8 billion won.

NIPPON PAINT HOLDINGS CO.
, LTD.
announced its results for the first three quarters of 2020.
The current revenue was 562.
3 billion yen (about 5.
4 billion US dollars), compared with 495.
1 billion yen in the same period last year.
Operating profit for the current period was 63.
3 billion yen, compared with 66.
4 billion yen in the same period last year.
Net profit for the current period was 31.
6 billion yen, compared with 32.
6 billion yen in the same period last year.

Crop science

Syngenta Group (Syngenta Group) announced its third quarter 2020 financial report.
Group sales in the third quarter were US$5.
356 billion, compared with US$5.
098 billion in the same period last year; Earnings before tax, interest, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) in the third quarter was US$733 million, compared with US$726 million in the same period last year.
Among them, Syngenta's plant protection sales were US$2.
628 billion, Adama's sales were US$979 million, Syngenta's seed sales were US$578 million, and Syngenta Group China's sales were US$1.
3 billion.

Bayer Group (Bayer) announced that sales in the third quarter of 2020 fell 5.
1% (adjusted for exchange rates and asset portfolio) to 8.
506 billion euros.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, excluding special items, fell by 21.
4% to 1.
795 billion euros.
Net income was negative 2.
744 billion euros, and net income in the third quarter of 2019 was 1.
036 billion euros.
Sales of the Crop Science Division fell 11.
6% to 3.
028 billion euros (approximately 3.
67 billion U.
S.
dollars).

Yara International ASA announced its 2020 third quarter results.
Quarterly revenue was 3.
083 billion U.
S.
dollars, compared with 3.
491 billion U.
S.
dollars in the same period last year.
EBITDA profit was US$645 million, compared with US$591 million in the same period last year.
Net profit was 340 million U.
S.
dollars, compared with 74 million U.
S.
dollars in the same period last year.

Mosaic Company announced its 2020 third quarter results.
Quarterly net sales were 2.
382 billion U.
S.
dollars, compared with 2.
753 billion U.
S.
dollars in the same period last year.
The net loss was US$6.
2 million, compared with a net loss of US$44.
1 million in the same period last year.

Corteva (Corteva, Inc.
) announced its 2020 third quarter results.
Quarterly net sales were 1.
863 billion U.
S.
dollars, compared with 1.
911 billion U.
S.
dollars in the same period last year.
The net loss was US$392 million, compared with a net loss of US$494 million in the same period last year.

(Keywords: Summary of the three quarterly reports of 40 global corporate giants)