HUN Huntsman Corporation

The business environment for the Major Diversified Chemicals Industry has been improving in recent months. Recent earnings for many of the industry heavyweights were helped by a recovery in demand from a weak level last year and cost reductions implemented since late 2008. Positive trends concerning volume and pricing has helped to push revenue in the industry much higher than anticipated. In the meantime, growing sales in Asian markets, including large chemical orders by China and the Korean demand for chemicals related to the production of various OLED display technologies have further strengthened the diversified chemical industry's health. The Bedford Report examines the outlook for companies in the Major Diversified Chemicals Industry and provides research reports on Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN). Access to the full company reports can be found at:

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On Thursday Dow Chemical posted third quarter earnings of $512 million, or 45 cents per share. Revenues were way up year-on-year as the company reported strong sales of chlorine and plastics. Two of Dow's more specialized segments had impressive third quarters. The company's performance products -- which includes businesses bought from the speciality materials maker Rohm and Haas -- was the best performing segment in terms of sales, with $2.6 billion, meanwhile the performance systems segment ranked third with $1.6 billion.

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Dow's Chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris said "Volume increased double digits and was up across every single one of our segments and in every geography." Liveris added that he was bullish on emerging markets such as Brazil, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, while demand in North America and Europe is strong for lubricants and other heat transfer fluids used in solar power applications.

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