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Lanxess reported a 38.2% year-on-year increase in Q3 sales, reaching €2.185 billion; EBITDA before non-recurring items stood at €240 million, up 4.8% year-on-year. Wacker Chemie AG achieved group sales of €2.13 billion in Q3, a 29% increase year-on-year; EBITDA amounted to €457 million, up 2% year-on-year. Clariant recorded Q3 sales of CHF 1.312 billion, up 27% year-on-year; EBITDA rose to CHF 220 million, representing a margin of 16.8%. North America Dow’s Q3 net sales totaled $14.1 billion, down 5% year-on-year; GAAP net income was $760 million; operating EBIT stood at $1.2 billion, compared to $2.9 billion in the same period last year. Nutrien’s Q3 revenue surged 35.9% to $8.19 billion; adjusted net income reached $1.58 billion, up 118% year-on-year. Sherwin-Williams reported Q3 net sales of approximately $6.05 billion, up 17.5%; net income hit $685 million, up 36.45%. For the first three quarters, revenue totaled $16.918 billion, up 11.43% year-on-year; net income amounted to $1.634 billion, up 4.49% year-on-year. Mosaic’s Q3 revenue was $5.349 billion, up 56% year-on-year; net income reached $842 million, versus $372 million in the prior-year quarter. PPG Industries achieved Q3 revenue of $4.468 billion, up ~2% year-on-year; net income was $329 million, down 4% year-on-year; adjusted net income was $393 million, down 3% year-on-year. For the first three quarters, net sales totaled $13.467 billion, up 6.35% year-on-year; net income was $788 million, down 46.32% year-on-year. Westlake Corporation posted Q3 net sales of $4.0 billion and net income of $401 million; EBITDA was $804 million. Ecolab’s Q3 sales were $3.7 billion, up 10% year-on-year; net income attributable to Ecolab was $347 million, up 7% year-on-year. DuPont’s Q3 revenue stood at $3.317 billion, down 22.34% year-on-year; EBITDA was $856 million, up 5% year-on-year. Corteva’s Q3 2022 revenue was $2.78 billion, up 17% year-on-year. Total revenue for the first three quarters reached $13.63 billion, up 12% year-on-year. Eastman Chemical reported Q3 sales of $2.709 billion; excluding the divestiture of its rubber additives and adhesive resins businesses and foreign exchange impacts, sales rose 13% year-on-year; EBIT was $324 million; adjusted EBIT was $333 million. Celanese reported Q3 net sales of $2.3 billion, down 7% sequentially; adjusted EBIT was $510 million. CF Industries’ Q3 net sales totaled $2.321 billion, up 70.6% year-on-year versus $1.362 billion in the prior-year quarter; net income was $438 million, versus a net loss of $185 million in the prior-year quarter.

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