The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) delivered sales of $13.4 billion for the first quarter of 2010, representing a 33 percent increase compared with sales in the same period last year on a pro forma basis excluding divestitures.
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced sales of CHF 1.817 billion in the first quarter 2010, compared to CHF 1.604 billion in the previous year, an improvement of 13 percent in Swiss francs and 16 percent in local currency. However, sales were still clearly behind pre-crisis levels.