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Across BASF, Lanxess, Solvay, Syensqo, and Wacker, only Solvay and Syensqo published 2025 plant counts and outcomes against named digital platforms. The others restructured, paused, or went quiet.
BASF held sales close to flat, Dow swung to a GAAP Q1 loss on heavier costs, and DuPont raised full-year guidance after a 4 percent sales lift - three Q1 2026 prints that diverge sharply on margin trajectory.
Specialty chemicals dealmaking through May 2026 leans on carve-outs and bolt-ons rather than transformative consolidation - BASF Coatings to Carlyle, an amended Honeywell-Johnson Matthey deal, Element Solutions on EFC.
BASF, Dow, and LyondellBasell all reported Q1 2026 results that point to tight capex, footprint rationalisation, and cost programmes - shifting process-analytics demand toward brownfield retrofits, not greenfield builds.