CHEMICALS
Inorganic & Performance Materials
World’s Most Productive Companies
Inorganic & Performance Materials
Inorganic and Performance Materials makes specialty additives, pigments, and performance chemistries. Productivity tracks industrial demand, mix, and operational discipline.
The group was about flat in 2025, sitting about 9% below its 2019 baseline. Cabot stood out as a World’s Most Productive Company, reaching 1.01. Gains were broad across the group.
Inorganic & Performance Materials World's Most Productive Companies
Productivity Snapshot
- Inorganic & Performance Materials ranks seventh of eight Chemicals peer groups in 2025, at an Industrial Productivity Index of 0.91, about 9% below its 2019 baseline.
- 4 of 6 companies grew productivity in 2025.
- It is the group’s World’s Most Productive Company: Cabot (1.01).
- Most of the group improved in 2025, though it remains well below its 2019 baseline after a deep cyclical drawdown.
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