SABIC reported Q1 2026 adjusted EBITDA of USD 1.11 billion up 25 percent from Q4 2025 – Global Corporate News Digest, 30 Apr 2026

Earnings, results & financial intelligence

SABIC reported Q1 2026 adjusted EBITDA of USD 1.11 billion up 25 percent from Q4 2025

WACKER reported Q1 2026 EBITDA of EUR 173 million driven by cost savings and pulled-forward orders

ANDRITZ achieved a record order intake of EUR 3.6 billion in Q1 2026 up 54 percent

UPM reported a good start to 2026 with excellent performance in decarbonisation solutions

Deals, capacity & industry moves

INEOS Acetyls became a shareholder and anchor customer of Sandpiper's Texas methanol project

LANXESS and Fuelcare entered a partnership for fuel preservation solutions

Plastic Ingenuity incorporated PureCycle's recycled polypropylene into coffee lid production

KBR's Mission Technology Solutions won a USD 510 million contract for US defence analytics

Innovation, new products & technology launches

Ahlstrom consolidated its global R&D into a single innovation hub in France

BASF launched a new ecovio portfolio for flexible packaging with multiple barrier options

Evonik opened a PEEK Rectangular Magnet Wire Lab in China at CHINAPLAS 2026

BASF Coatings completed its rollout of renewable electricity across European production

Corporate governance, dividends & people

FMC Corporation declared a quarterly dividend of 8 cents per share payable in July 2026

Sonoco Products was again named one of America's most trustworthy companies by Newsweek

Evonik published an intern's story on digitising production logistics at its services division