* Total figures include figures for the base chemicals and petrocheicals industry, the specialty chemicals industry, the agrochemicals/agricultural chemicals industry, and the chemical distribution industry.
** Fast moving companies only. This is defined by the source as industry winners expected to outperform historical ten-year real industry growth by a factor of 1.5-2 during the next five years, with a return on sales calculated for a sample size of 25 percent of industry sales.
EBITDA stands for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
Excluding distruptive industry changes such as increased chemical sales from 3-D printing, and assuming constant revenue base and industry growth.
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EBITDA increase in chemicals industry from digital levers worldwide 2020
This statistic shows a forecast of the range of additional EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) that the global chemicals industry can earn by 2020 from incorporating digital levers. It is forecast that by incorporating digital levers, the global chemical industry can see improved EBITDA margins of between ** and ** billion U.S. dollars.
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