Materials

Amcor's FY2026 sales rose 57% to $23.5bn, but almost all of it came from the Berry Global merger — underlying sales fell about 2% on lower volumes, and the entire profit gain came from $240m of merger synergies and cost cuts.

Albemarle's Q2 2026 sales rose 31% to $1.74 billion and adjusted EBITDA 155% to $858 million, but the revenue bridge shows price added $562 million while volume added only $28 million — a lithium-index recovery on top of a balance sheet cut from $3.1 billion to $1.8 billion of long-term debt.

Air Products took a $2.9 billion charge to exit the Louisiana Clean Energy Complex and two other clean-energy projects, swinging to a $6.47 GAAP loss per share, while the underlying industrial gas business raised adjusted EPS 12% to $3.47 and full-year guidance to $13.39-$13.49.