Vertical: CNMBase Year: 2025
Market Size (2025)
$183.72M
Projected (2032)
$242.93M
CAGR (2022–2032)
4.7%
Key Players
11+
Market Overview
The global polar polymer market was valued at USD 183.72 Million in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 242.93 Million by 2032, expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.95% over 2026–2032. Between 2025 and 2032 the market is expected to add USD 59.21 Million in absolute value. Historically, the market grew from USD 152.99 Million in 2022 to USD 173.96 Million in 2024, supported by steady demand for heat-seal and tie-layer resins in multilayer flexible packaging and by the recovery of industrial and consumer end markets after the supply disruptions of 2021–2022.
Polar polymers are polyolefin-based and related macromolecules that carry polar functional groups such as carboxylic acid, metal carboxylate (ionic), ester, anhydride or epoxide moieties. These groups give the materials properties that non-polar polyolefins cannot deliver on their own: adhesion to metals, glass, paper, polyamides and EVOH; low seal-initiation temperatures and high hot-tack strength; puncture and abrasion resistance; oil and grease resistance; and compatibility between otherwise immiscible polymers. As a result, polar polymers act as small-volume but performance-critical components in larger material systems, notably coextruded food and medical packaging films, extrusion coatings, laminates, golf-ball covers, glass laminates and compatibilized recycled blends.
Key Findings
By polymer type: Ionomers & Acid Copolymers represented the largest segment in 2025 with USD 82.67 Million (45.0% share), while Polar Polyolefins is the fastest-growing segment with a CAGR of 4.96% over 2026–2032, reaching USD 90.98 Million by 2032.
By application: Packaging was the largest application in 2025 at USD 82.67 Million (45.0% share). Adhesives & Tie Layers is the fastest-growing application, with a CAGR of 4.53%, rising to USD 75.77 Million by 2032.
By region: Asia Pacific led the market with USD 88.19 Million in 2025, equivalent to 48.0% of global value. Middle East & Africa is the fastest-growing region, with a CAGR of 5.16% over 2026–2032, albeit from a smaller base of USD 7.35 Million.
By country: China was the leading country market at USD 40.57 Million in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 56.77 Million by 2032 (CAGR 4.79%). UAE is the fastest-growing country market, with a CAGR of 6.18%, increasing from USD 1.10 Million in 2025 to USD 1.69 Million in 2032.
Absolute opportunity: Asia Pacific accounts for USD 31.58 Million of the USD 59.21 Million incremental value expected between 2025 and 2032, making it the single most important source of new demand.
Segmentation Summary
The market is segmented by polymer type into Ionomers & Acid Copolymers, Polar Polyolefins and Others. Ionomers & Acid Copolymers, which include ethylene–acrylic acid (EAA) and ethylene–methacrylic acid (EMAA) copolymers and their zinc-, sodium- and lithium-neutralized ionomers, held 45.0% of 2025 value owing to their entrenched position in sealant layers, skin packaging and specialty extrusion coatings. Polar Polyolefins, which include polar-comonomer copolymers and anhydride-grafted polyolefins used for tie layers and compatibilization, are gaining share as converters adopt more complex barrier structures and recyclable polyolefin-rich designs.
By application, the market is divided into Packaging, Adhesives & Tie Layers and Others. Packaging held 45.0% of 2025 value (USD 82.67 Million) and is forecast to reach USD 110.68 Million by 2032. Adhesives & Tie Layers (30.0% share in 2025) record the highest growth as multilayer coextrusion capacity expands, especially in Asia Pacific.
Competitive Landscape Summary
The polar polymer market is moderately consolidated. The ionomer and acid copolymer segment is led by a small group of producers with high-pressure reactor technology and long-established brands — notably Dow (SURLYN, NUCREL), SK geo centric through SK Functional Polymer (PRIMACOR, IONIA, LOTADER, OREVAC) and Dow-Mitsui Polychemicals, the joint venture of Mitsui Chemicals and Dow (HIMILAN, NUCREL in Japan). The polar polyolefin and tie-layer segment is broader, with LyondellBasell (Plexar), Mitsui Chemicals (ADMER), Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MODIC) and ExxonMobil (Escor, Escorene Ultra) alongside producers of polar ethylene copolymers such as Borealis (EVA, EBA, EMA, EEA), Celanese (Ateva and VitalDose EVA), Repsol (Primeva EVA and Ebantix EBA) and Hanwha Solutions (EVA). Competition centres on application development, technical service, food-contact compliance and, increasingly, circular and bio-attributed grades, while several producers are restructuring commodity petrochemical assets to focus on specialty polymers.
Challenges and Opportunities
The principal challenges facing the market are the volatility of ethylene and polar comonomer feedstock prices (acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, vinyl acetate, acrylate esters and maleic anhydride), the regulatory pressure on multilayer and multi-material packaging that is difficult to recycle, and the competitive threat from lower-cost metallocene polyethylene sealants in less demanding applications. Supply is also concentrated in a small number of high-pressure reactor assets, which exposes buyers to outage risk.
At the same time, these pressures create opportunity. Polar polymers are increasingly used as compatibilizers that allow mixed polyolefin, polyamide and EVOH waste streams to be mechanically recycled, and as tie layers in recyclable polyethylene-based barrier structures designed to meet new packaging laws. Further opportunities exist in pharmaceutical and medical packaging, safety-glass and photovoltaic laminates, and in the rapidly growing packaged-food markets of India, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and Brazil.
Future Outlook
The market is expected to grow steadily from USD 183.72 Million in 2025 to USD 242.93 Million in 2032. Annual growth is expected to moderate relative to 2022–2025, when the market benefited from post-pandemic restocking and price-led value gains, with the strongest momentum in emerging regions and in polar polyolefin grades, while mature markets such as Europe and North America will grow at 3.23% and 3.37% respectively, driven more by value-added, design-for-recycling grades than by volume. Suppliers that combine application development capability, regional technical service and credible circular-feedstock offerings are best placed to capture the USD 59.21 Million of incremental value expected through 2032.
The Polar Polymer Market market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.7% from 2022 to 2032.
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For the purpose of this study, polar polymers are defined as synthetic thermoplastic polymers, predominantly ethylene- and propylene-based, whose backbone or side groups contain polar functional moieties — carboxylic acid, metal carboxylate, ester, anhydride, hydroxyl or epoxide groups — introduced either by copolymerization with a polar comonomer or by post-reactor grafting. The polar functionality raises surface energy and enables specific chemical or ionic interactions with substrates, which distinguishes these materials from conventional non-polar polyolefins.
The market includes:
Ionomers & Acid Copolymers: ethylene–acrylic acid (EAA) and ethylene–methacrylic acid (EMAA) copolymers, acid terpolymers, and their partially neutralized ionomers based on sodium, zinc, lithium or magnesium cations.
Polar Polyolefins: specialty ethylene copolymers with polar comonomers — such as ethylene–vinyl acetate (EVA), ethylene–methyl acrylate (EMA), ethylene–butyl acrylate (EBA) and ethylene–ethyl acrylate (EEA) grades sold for adhesion, sealing and modification — and maleic anhydride-grafted or otherwise functionalized polyethylene and polypropylene used as tie-layer resins, coupling agents and compatibilizers.
Others: other polar functional polymers sold into the same applications, including reactive (for example, glycidyl methacrylate-functional) terpolymers, polar polyolefin waxes and specialty modifier grades.
The market excludes commodity EVA sold into foam, footwear and photovoltaic encapsulant film; polar engineering thermoplastics such as polyamides, polyesters, polyvinyl chloride and fluoropolymers; ethylene–vinyl alcohol (EVOH) barrier resins; water-soluble polymers; and downstream compounded, converted or laminated products. Market value is measured at the resin producer level.
Scope of the Study
The study analyses the global polar polymer market by polymer type, application and region. Historic data are presented for 2022–2024, 2025 is the base year, and forecasts cover 2026–2032. All values are expressed in USD Million and growth rates are stated as CAGR for 2026–2032.
Research Objectives
To define and size the global polar polymer market in value terms (USD Million) for 2022–2024 and to forecast it for 2026–2032, using 2025 as the base year.
To analyse the market by polymer type (Ionomers & Acid Copolymers, Polar Polyolefins and Others) and to identify the structural reasons behind each segment’s share and growth.
To assess demand from Packaging, Adhesives & Tie Layers and Other applications, including the influence of multilayer coextrusion and design-for-recycling trends.
To quantify the market across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle East & Africa and their constituent country markets.
To evaluate the drivers, restraints, opportunities and trends shaping demand, including feedstock economics and packaging regulation.
To examine the value chain, competitive intensity (Porter’s Five Forces), regulatory landscape and PESTEL factors specific to polar polymers.
To profile the competitive positioning of leading resin producers and track their product launches, capacity investments, partnerships and portfolio transactions since 2022.
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View Subscription PlansOverview of the Research Process
The study followed a structured, multi-stage process. It began with a definition of the product scope and segmentation, followed by extensive secondary research to build a baseline understanding of producers, capacities, trade flows and end-use demand. Primary research with participants across the value chain was then used to validate and refine assumptions. Market size was estimated using both top-down and bottom-up approaches, and the results were triangulated before forecasts were developed. Each stage included internal quality review to ensure consistency between the segment, regional and country estimates.
Secondary Research
Secondary research drew on sources specific to the polymers, petrochemicals and packaging industries:
Industry associations: Plastics Europe, the American Chemistry Council (Plastics Division), the Flexible Packaging Association, the Japan Plastics Industry Federation, the China Plastics Processing Industry Association and the Plastindia Foundation, for production, consumption and packaging-format trends.
Government and regulatory bodies: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (food-contact regulations under 21 CFR Part 177), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the European Chemicals Agency, the European Commission, national statistical offices and customs authorities for trade data on ethylene copolymers.
Company filings: annual reports, Form 10-K and 20-F filings, investor presentations, sustainability reports and press releases of resin producers, monomer suppliers and converters.
Trade journals and technical literature: polymer and packaging trade publications, conference proceedings on coextrusion and adhesion, patents and peer-reviewed literature on ionomer and compatibilizer chemistry.
Paid databases: petrochemical capacity and pricing services, trade-flow databases and company financial databases used to cross-check capacities, prices and revenues.
Primary Research
Primary research was conducted through structured telephone and online interviews and was used to validate market size, segment splits, pricing, growth expectations and competitive positioning. Respondents were selected from both the supply and demand sides of the market.
Supply side: product managers, business development and technical service managers at resin producers; executives at monomer and feedstock suppliers; and managers at specialty polymer distributors and compounders.
Demand side: procurement and technical staff at flexible packaging converters, laminators and extrusion coaters; adhesive formulators; brand owners in food, medical and consumer goods; and manufacturers of sporting goods, glass laminates and automotive components.
The objectives of primary research were to confirm product definitions and segment boundaries, validate the volume and price assumptions behind the market estimates, understand qualification cycles and switching behaviour, and gather forward-looking views on demand, capacity and regulation.
Market Size Estimation
Top-down approach: the overall market for functional ethylene copolymers and functionalized polyolefins was established from producer revenues, capacity and utilization data, and then narrowed to the polar polymer scope defined in this study. Shares were allocated to polymer types, applications and regions using producer disclosures, trade data and primary research.
Bottom-up approach: demand was built up from end-use consumption — for example, the volume of multilayer films, extrusion coatings and laminates produced in each country, multiplied by typical polar polymer content per structure and by regional average selling prices. Country estimates were aggregated to regional and global totals.
Data triangulation: the results of the two approaches were compared, and differences were reconciled using primary research inputs and supply-side checks (such as installed reactor capacity and trade balances). The final estimates represent the triangulated view, with segment, regional and country totals reconciled to the global total.
Forecasting Methodology
Forecasts were developed using a driver-based model. The main factors considered were growth in packaged food and medical packaging, multilayer film and coextrusion capacity additions, adoption of design-for-recycling packaging structures, industrial production and GDP growth, feedstock price trends, regulatory developments affecting packaging and food-contact materials, planned capacity changes among producers, and substitution by alternative materials. Each factor was weighted by segment and geography, and the resulting growth rates were reviewed with industry participants before finalization.
Assumptions and Limitations
Values are stated in nominal USD at average annual exchange rates; currency movements may affect comparisons for markets that invoice in local currency.
No major, prolonged disruption of ethylene or polar comonomer supply is assumed over the forecast period.
Packaging regulations already adopted, including design-for-recycling requirements, are assumed to be implemented broadly on their published timelines.
Revenues of diversified producers are not disclosed at the polar polymer level; segment and company positions are therefore estimated from indirect evidence.
Country estimates for smaller markets rely more heavily on trade data and secondary indicators and therefore carry wider uncertainty than estimates for large markets.
Forecasts reflect information available at the time of the study and may change with macroeconomic conditions, trade policy or technology shifts.
Base Year
2025
Historical Period
2022 – 2024
Forecast Period
2026 – 2032
Primary Interviews
150+
Historical data (2022–2025) and forecast period (2025–2032)
Our research process spans primary interviews with industry stakeholders combined with comprehensive secondary data analysis, validated through triangulation across multiple independent sources.
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The global polar polymer market is moderately consolidated. At the ionomer and acid copolymer level, supply is concentrated among a few producers that own high-pressure copolymerization technology, established brands and long qualification histories with converters. Dow, SK geo centric (through SK Functional Polymer) and Dow-Mitsui Polychemicals, the 50:50 joint venture of Mitsui Chemicals and Dow in Japan, together account for most of the world’s branded ionomer and acid copolymer supply. Ownership has also been reshaped by transactions: SK acquired Dow’s ethylene–acrylic acid business in 2017 and Arkema’s functional polyolefins business in 2020, while ExxonMobil sold its Exxelor functionalized resin business in 2022.
The polar polyolefin and tie-layer segment is more fragmented. Global polyolefin majors such as LyondellBasell, Mitsui Chemicals and Mitsubishi Chemical Group compete with polar ethylene copolymer producers such as Borealis, Celanese, Repsol and Hanwha Solutions, and with regional producers in China and South Korea. Competition is based on technical service, grade breadth, food-contact compliance, supply reliability and, increasingly, the availability of mass-balance certified circular and bio-attributed grades. Several participants are restructuring commodity petrochemical assets in Europe, Japan and South Korea to concentrate on higher-value specialty polymers, which is likely to strengthen the specialty focus of the market over the forecast period.
Key Player Positioning
Based on product breadth in polar chemistries, geographic reach, technology ownership and application development capability, the profiled companies are positioned as follows.
Market Leaders
Market leaders combine proprietary ionomer and acid copolymer technology, globally recognised brands and broad portfolios that span sealants, adhesion layers and tie resins.
Dow Inc. (Midland, Michigan, U.S.; net sales of USD 39.97 billion in FY2025) is the leading supplier of ionomers and acid copolymers through its Packaging & Specialty Plastics segment, with the SURLYN ionomer and NUCREL acid copolymer brands, ELVAX EVA, ELVALOY ethylene copolymers, BYNEL tie-layer resins and AMPLIFY functional polymers. Its strategy centres on renewable and circular versions of premium grades — SURLYN REN and SURLYN CIR — and on cost reduction and asset rationalization in Europe.
SK geo centric / SK Functional Polymer (Seoul, South Korea and Paris, France; parent SK Innovation reported consolidated revenue of KRW 80.30 trillion in FY2025) holds the former Dow EAA business (PRIMACOR) and the former Arkema functional polyolefins business (LOTADER, OREVAC, LOTRYL, EVATANE), together with IONIA ionomers. The company is expanding EAA capacity in China through a joint venture with the Satellite Chemical group, positioning itself as the main global alternative to Dow in acid copolymers.
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; sales revenue of JPY 1,668.8 billion in FY2025 ended March 2026) supplies ADMER maleic anhydride-grafted adhesive polyolefins and, through Dow-Mitsui Polychemicals, HIMILAN ionomers, NUCREL acid copolymers in Japan and EVAFLEX EVA. Its strategy combines a focus on functional materials with consolidation of commodity petrochemicals and a shift of joint venture products to ISCC PLUS certified biomass grades.
Challengers
Challengers are large polyolefin or chemical producers with strong positions in tie-layer resins or polar ethylene copolymers and broad regional reach, but narrower ionomer and acid copolymer portfolios.
LyondellBasell Industries (Houston, U.S.; sales of USD 30.15 billion in FY2025) offers the Plexar range of anhydride-modified tie-layer resins for multilayer barrier films, sheet and bottles. It is refreshing the range for recyclable, downgauged packaging, launching Plexar PX3990 for MDO polyethylene films in 2025, while divesting European commodity assets.
ExxonMobil (Spring, Texas, U.S.; total revenues and other income of USD 332.24 billion in FY2025) markets Escor ethylene acid copolymers and terpolymers and Escorene Ultra EVA. Having divested Exxelor in 2022, it is increasingly promoting metallocene polyethylene and EVA structures, including an ionomer-free vacuum skin packaging film introduced in 2026.
Mitsubishi Chemical Group (Tokyo, Japan; sales revenue of JPY 3,704.0 billion in FY2025 ended March 2026) supplies MODIC acid-grafted adhesive polyolefins and peelable sealant resins and sells them as part of barrier systems with SoarnoL EVOH and the Soaresin recycling compatibilizer.
Borealis (Vienna, Austria; total sales of EUR 7.70 billion in FY2025) produces EVA, EBA, EMA and EEA polar ethylene copolymers for adhesives, wire and cable compounds and packaging, including renewables-based Bornewables EVA. Since March 2026 it has formed part of Borouge Group International, which combines Borealis, Borouge and NOVA Chemicals.
Celanese Corporation (Irving, Texas, U.S.; net sales of USD 9.54 billion in FY2025) produces Ateva EVA and VitalDose pharmaceutical-grade EVA at Edmonton, Canada, integrated with its acetyl chain. It expanded EVA capacity by about 35% in 2023 and targets food packaging, hot-melt adhesives, wire and cable, solar and medical applications.
Niche and Regional Players
Niche and regional players have focused polar copolymer portfolios or serve specific regions and end uses.
Repsol (Madrid, Spain; sales of EUR 54.42 billion in FY2025) produces Primeva EVA and Ebantix EBA at Puertollano for hot melts, films, extrusion coating and cables, and launched Reciclex, a range of 100% circular EVA copolymers, in 2023.
Hanwha Solutions (Seoul, South Korea; consolidated revenue of KRW 13.35 trillion in FY2025) is a major EVA producer at Yeosu, serving hot-melt, wire and cable and solar markets, and is building additional EVA capacity through its H&G Chemical joint venture with GS Energy.
Competitor Dashboard
The dashboard rates each profiled company on four qualitative parameters relevant to the polar polymer market: breadth of polar polymer product portfolio, regional presence, strategic alliances and industry experience.
Threat of New Entrants – Low
High-pressure copolymerization assets require substantial capital investment and specialized safety and process know-how.
Incumbents hold extensive application know-how, patents and long-standing qualifications with converters and brand owners.
Food-contact and medical compliance documentation create additional barriers for new suppliers.
Bargaining Power of Suppliers – Medium
Most leading producers are backward-integrated into ethylene, reducing exposure to external suppliers.
Polar comonomers such as methacrylic acid and maleic anhydride are produced by a limited number of suppliers and are subject to price swings.
Feedstock purchasing is typically under long-term contracts, which moderates short-term supplier leverage.
Bargaining Power of Buyers – Medium
Large multinational converters and brand owners negotiate volume contracts and can dual-source standard tie-layer grades.
Switching costs for qualified sealant and ionomer grades are high because of re-qualification and line trials.
Small and mid-sized converters, which purchase through distributors, have limited negotiating power.
Threat of Substitutes – Medium
Metallocene polyethylene, plastomers and modified polypropylene can replace ionomers in less demanding sealant applications.
Solvent-based and solventless laminating adhesives compete with extrusion tie layers and coatings.
Unique property combinations — ionic crosslinking, metal adhesion and grease resistance — limit substitution in high-performance uses.
Competitive Rivalry – Medium
The ionomer and acid copolymer segment is consolidated among a small number of global producers, which limits price competition.
The polar polyolefin and tie-layer segment is more fragmented, with regional producers competing on price and service.
Competition centres on application development, technical service and sustainability credentials rather than on price alone.
Threat of new entrants: Low; Capital-intensive high-pressure technology, intellectual property and long customer qualifications.
Bargaining power of suppliers: Medium; Integrated ethylene supply offset by concentrated polar comonomer supply.
Bargaining power of buyers: Medium; Large converters negotiate volume, but switching costs are high.
Threat of substitutes: Medium; Metallocene PE and laminating adhesives compete in less demanding uses.
Competitive rivalry: Medium; Consolidated ionomer supply; more fragmented tie-layer segment; competition on technology and service.
Market estimates by geography (2032)
InsightAsia Pacific leads with $119.77M by 2032, while Middle East & Africa is projected to grow fastest at a 5.5% CAGR.
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View Subscription Plans| REGION | 2022 | 2025 | 2032 | CAGR | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | $34.35M | $43.84M | $51.40M | 4.1% | 21% |
| Europe | $34.39M | $43.72M | $50.89M | 4.0% | 21% |
| Asia Pacific | $71.86M | $97.50M | $119.77M | 5.2% | 49% |
| Latin America | $6.21M | $8.18M | $10.35M | 5.2% | 4% |
| Middle East & Africa | $6.18M | $8.22M | $10.52M | 5.5% | 4% |
| Total | $152.99M | $201.45M | $242.93M | 4.7% | 100% |
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View Subscription PlansTotal Market Size
$242.93M
| APPLICATION | REVENUE ($B) | GROWTH RATE | MARKET PENETRATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ionomers & Acid Copolymers | $105.92M | 4.3% | 44% |
| Polar Polyolefins | $90.98M | 5.7% | 37% |
| Others | $46.04M | 4.0% | 19% |
* Revenue projections based on 2025 estimates. Growth rates represent CAGR 2024–2030. Market penetration indicates current adoption rate within addressable market segments.
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Analytical insights on Polar Polymer Market covering market dynamics, competitive landscape, and strategic outlook.
The Polar Polymer Market market is projected to reach $242.93M by 2032, growing at 4.7% CAGR. The Ionomers & Acid Copolymers segment holds the largest share.
The global polar polymer market, valued at USD 183.72 Million in 2025, is shaped by the interaction of packaging demand, converter technology, feedstock economics and regulation. Because polar polymers are typically used as thin functional layers or minor additives within larger structures, their demand is closely linked to the number and complexity of multilayer structures produced, rather than simply to total plastics consumption. This chapter evaluates the macro and micro factors that influence the market, followed by a discussion of the key drivers, restraints, opportunities, trends and challenges.
Market Growth Factor Analysis
The table below summarizes five macro and five micro factors that influence the market, the direction of their impact and an impact score out of 10 for three forecast sub-periods. The impact scores are analyst assessments based on secondary research and discussions with industry participants; a higher score indicates a stronger influence on market growth, whether promoting or inhibiting.
Rising Demand for High-Performance Flexible Food Packaging
Flexible packaging continues to replace rigid formats in meat, cheese, snacks, frozen foods and ready meals because it reduces material weight, transport cost and food waste. Within these structures, ionomers and acid copolymers are specified for sealant and skin layers where conventional polyethylene falls short: they seal at low temperatures, deliver high hot-tack strength on fast form-fill-seal lines, seal through grease and product contamination, and provide excellent puncture resistance and clarity in vacuum skin packaging of fresh protein. Growth in organized retail and modern trade in China, India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Latin America is increasing the share of food sold in pre-packaged, portion-controlled formats, while in mature markets the emphasis on shelf-life extension to reduce food waste supports demand for higher-performance sealants. Because these resins command premium prices relative to commodity polyethylene, converters use them selectively in the layers where performance matters most, which ties polar polymer demand directly to the growth of value-added packaging formats rather than to commodity film volumes.
Expansion of Multilayer Coextrusion and Barrier Structures
Modern barrier films and sheets typically combine polyethylene or polypropylene with polar barrier materials such as EVOH or polyamide. These materials do not bond to each other, so every interface requires a tie-layer resin — most often an anhydride-grafted polyolefin or a polar ethylene copolymer. The steady shift from three- and five-layer to seven-, nine- and eleven-layer blown and cast film lines increases the number of tie layers per structure. Converters in Asia Pacific, particularly China and India, have invested heavily in multilayer lines to serve domestic packaged-food, dairy and pharmaceutical markets, and equipment suppliers continue to report demand for high-layer-count lines globally. Similar dynamics apply in extrusion coating and lamination, where acid copolymers serve as adhesion layers to aluminium foil and paperboard in liquid packaging, pharmaceutical blister lidding and toothpaste tubes. This structural trend underpins the above-market growth of the Adhesives & Tie Layers application and of Polar Polyolefins.
Design-for-Recycling and Packaging Regulation
Packaging regulation is reshaping material selection. The European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (EU) 2025/40 requires packaging placed on the EU market to be recyclable by 2030 and sets minimum recycled-content targets for plastic packaging; extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes in the EU, India, several U.S. states and other jurisdictions increasingly modulate fees according to recyclability. In response, brand owners are moving away from mixed-material laminates such as PET/aluminium/PE toward polyethylene-rich or polypropylene-rich mono-material structures. Polar polymers play an enabling role: tie-layer resins allow thin EVOH barrier layers to be incorporated within recyclable polyethylene structures, while compatibilizers allow residual barrier and polar polymers to be dispersed during mechanical recycling, improving the quality of recyclate. This regulatory pull gives producers an opportunity to sell higher-value, specification-driven grades and supports growth even in mature regions. Brand-owner commitments under initiatives such as the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Global Commitment reinforce the same direction, and converters increasingly request recyclability certification from bodies such as RecyClass before adopting new structures.
Industrialization and Consumption Growth in Emerging Markets
Rising disposable incomes, urbanization and the expansion of cold chains in emerging economies are increasing demand for packaged foods, personal-care products and pharmaceuticals, all of which use polar polymers in packaging. Asia Pacific already accounts for 48.0% of global market value and is forecast to grow at 4.34%, while Middle East & Africa and Latin America are forecast to grow at 5.16% and 4.92% respectively. Government programmes supporting domestic manufacturing — for example, India’s production-linked incentive schemes for food processing and pharmaceuticals, and economic diversification programmes in Saudi Arabia and the UAE — are also expanding the local converting base, which increases regional consumption of specialty resins. International converters and brand owners are following this demand by building or expanding plants in these markets, and they typically specify the same high-performance sealant and tie-layer grades they use in Europe and North America. Over time, local multilayer film capacity reduces reliance on imported finished laminates and shifts resin demand into the emerging regions themselves, which is reflected in the above-average growth forecast for these markets.
Compatibilizers and Additives for Mechanical Recycling
Post-consumer flexible packaging waste frequently contains polyethylene mixed with polypropylene, polyamide, EVOH and other polar materials, which reduces the mechanical properties of recyclate. Functionalized polyolefins and reactive terpolymers can act as compatibilizers that improve dispersion and interfacial adhesion, enabling higher-value use of recycled material. As mandatory recycled-content targets tighten, recyclers and compounders represent a growing customer group for polar polymer suppliers.
Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Specialty Packaging
Medical device packaging, pharmaceutical blister and sachet packaging, and nutraceutical packaging require reliable sealing, high purity and regulatory documentation. Ionomers and acid copolymers are well suited to these demanding uses, and growth in generic drug manufacturing in India and in medical device production in Asia and Mexico expands the addressable market. These applications typically carry higher margins and longer product life cycles.
Emerging Non-Packaging Applications
Beyond packaging, ionomers are used in laminated safety glass interlayers, golf-ball covers and sporting goods, while polar ethylene copolymers and functionalized polyolefins are used in photovoltaic module components, wire and cable compounds, automotive parts and metal-to-plastic adhesion. Growth in solar installation, building glazing and lightweight automotive design provides diversification opportunities for producers and supports the Others application segment.
Feedstock Price Volatility
Polar polymers are produced from ethylene (or propylene) and polar comonomers such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, vinyl acetate, methyl and butyl acrylate and maleic anhydride, all of which are derived from oil, natural gas or coal-based value chains. Prices of these inputs have been volatile since 2021 due to energy price shocks in Europe, plant outages, and shifts in Chinese supply. Because polar comonomers can account for a significant share of production cost, swings in their prices compress margins for producers that cannot pass costs through quickly and create price uncertainty for converters, which can encourage substitution by lower-cost alternatives in less demanding applications.
Recyclability Concerns and Substitution Pressure
Although polar polymers support some recyclable designs, they are also widely used in multi-material laminates that are difficult to recycle. As brand owners simplify packaging to meet recyclability criteria, some structures that relied on ionomers or acid copolymers to bond dissimilar materials may be redesigned or eliminated. In parallel, advances in metallocene linear low-density polyethylene and plastomers have narrowed the performance gap in sealing and hot tack, allowing these lower-cost materials to replace ionomers in some applications. These factors temper growth, particularly in Europe and North America.
Concentrated and Capital-Intensive Supply
Ethylene acid copolymers, ionomers and polar ethylene copolymers are produced mainly in high-pressure autoclave or tubular reactors that are capital-intensive and technically demanding, and only a limited number of producers operate such assets. Unplanned outages or force majeure declarations at a single site can tighten supply for an entire region, and long qualification cycles make it difficult for converters to switch suppliers quickly. This concentration limits supply elasticity and can constrain market growth during demand upswings.
Shift Toward Mono-Material Polyolefin Packaging
Brand owners and converters are redesigning packaging to all-polyethylene or all-polypropylene structures. This trend increases demand for tie-layer and sealant grades that are compatible with polyolefin recycling streams and for grades that maintain performance at reduced thickness.
Circular and Bio-Attributed Feedstocks
Major producers are introducing polar polymer grades based on mass-balance certified circular or bio-based feedstocks, typically certified under ISCC PLUS, allowing brand owners to report lower product carbon footprints without changing processing conditions.
Regional Capacity Investments and Supply Chain Localization
Supply chains are being regionalized in response to trade tensions, tariffs and logistics disruptions. Producers are expanding compounding, grafting and technical-service capacity in Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the Americas to be closer to converters and to reduce exposure to long supply chains.
Challenge: Meeting Recyclability Criteria Without Sacrificing Performance
A key challenge for the industry is demonstrating that packaging containing polar polymers meets recyclability guidelines, such as those of RecyClass in Europe and the Association of Plastic Recyclers in North America, while preserving barrier, seal and shelf-life performance. Suppliers must invest in testing, certification and co-development with converters, which raises the cost of serving the market.
The polar polymer value chain extends from petrochemical feedstocks through polymerization and functionalization to converters and end users. Value addition is concentrated at the polymerization and application-development stages, where proprietary reactor technology, comonomer control and technical service differentiate suppliers.
Polar polymers are subject to chemical registration, food-contact and packaging-waste regulations in each major region. Food-contact compliance is particularly important because packaging is the largest application.
The table below summarizes significant product launches, acquisitions, divestments, partnerships, investments and expansions by leading participants since 2022.
Mar 2022: ExxonMobil; Divestment; Esso Deutschland sold the Exxelor functionalized polymer resin business, including the Cologne plant, product portfolio and customers, to The Compound Company.
Jun 2022: Borealis; Investment; Announced an investment programme of about EUR 200 million to upgrade and expand XLPE and semiconductive compound assets at Stenungsund and Antwerp for power cables.
Jul 2022: Mitsubishi Chemical Group; Expansion; Announced 21 kt/year of additional SoarnoL EVOH capacity at Hull, U.K., complementing its MODIC tie resins in barrier packaging structures.
Aug 2022: SK geo centric; Expansion; Agreed a joint venture with the Satellite Chemical group (SK 60%) to build a 40 kt/year ethylene–acrylic acid (EAA) plant in Lianyungang, China.
Sep 2022: Hanwha Solutions; Partnership; Formed H&G Chemical with GS Energy to invest KRW 590 billion in a 300 kt/year EVA plant at Yeosu, South Korea.
Jan 2023: Dow; Partnership; Agreed with LVMH Beauty to introduce bio-based and circular SURLYN ionomers into perfume caps and cosmetic jars.
Feb 2023: Celanese; Expansion; Completed a brownfield EVA expansion at Edmonton, Canada, adding about 35% EVA capacity for solar, wire and cable, food packaging and medical applications.
Mar 2023: SK geo centric; Expansion; Signed an MOU with Satellite Chemical for a fourth EAA plant of 50 kt/year in China, targeting total EAA capacity of 140 kt/year by 2028.
Mar 2023: Hanwha Solutions; Investment; Announced a USD 147 million plant in Cartersville, Georgia, U.S., to produce EVA encapsulant sheet adjacent to Qcells module production.
Jun 2023: Celanese; Partnership; Collaborated with Nanoform to combine nanoparticle active ingredients with VitalDose EVA for smaller, high-drug-load implants.
Sep 2023: Repsol; Product Launch; Launched Repsol Reciclex EVA, its first range of 100% circular, ISCC PLUS mass-balance EVA copolymers, produced at Puertollano.
Oct 2023: Dow; Product Launch; Launched SURLYN REN (bio-waste-based) and SURLYN CIR (plastic-waste-based) ionomers for cosmetic packaging.
Apr 2024: SK geo centric; Product Launch; Showcased EAA (including high-acid grades for paper packaging and can coatings), PRIMACOR, IONIA ionomers and LOTRYL at Chinaplas 2024.
Jun 2024: Mitsui Chemicals (Dow-Mitsui Polychemicals); Investment; Dow-Mitsui Polychemicals’ Chiba plant obtained ISCC PLUS certification for mass-balance biomass EVA and LDPE.
Sep 2024: Mitsui Chemicals (Dow-Mitsui Polychemicals); Product Launch; Started marketing biomass EVAFLEX EVA and biomass MIRASON LDPE under the mass-balance method.
May 2025: LyondellBasell; Product Launch; Launched Plexar PX3990, an LLDPE-based tie-layer resin for MDO, shrink and oxygen-barrier coextruded films.
May 2025: Borealis; Product Launch; Introduced a renewables-based Bornewables EVA grade (ISCC PLUS) for footwear midsoles.
Sep 2025: Dow; Partnership; G. Candiani adopted ISCC PLUS mass-balance SURLYN PC 2000 REN for a range of premium cream jars.
Oct 2025: Mitsui Chemicals (Dow-Mitsui Polychemicals); Investment; Dow-Mitsui Polychemicals’ Otake plant obtained ISCC PLUS certification.
Mar 2026: Borealis; Merger; OMV and XRG completed the combination of Borealis and Borouge into Borouge Group International, including the acquisition of NOVA Chemicals.
Apr 2026: Mitsubishi Chemical Group; Investment; Rescheduled start-up of the Hull SoarnoL EVOH project to fiscal 2027 due to higher construction costs.
May 2026: LyondellBasell; Divestment; Completed the sale of four European olefins and polyolefins sites to AEQUITA, retaining its Advanced Polymer Solutions business at Tarragona.
May 2026: ExxonMobil; Product Launch; Introduced an ionomer-free vacuum skin packaging film structure based on Exceed metallocene PE and ExxonMobil EVA.
Political
Trade measures and tariffs on petrochemicals and polymers, including U.S.–China trade tensions, affect sourcing decisions and regional pricing.
Industrial policies such as India’s production-linked incentives and Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 encourage local downstream manufacturing.
Government action on plastic waste, including the negotiations toward a global plastics treaty, raises the policy profile of packaging materials.
Economic
Ethylene and polar comonomer prices, linked to oil and gas markets, directly affect production costs and margins.
Growth in packaged food consumption and retail modernization in emerging markets expands demand.
Interest rates and capital costs influence investments in new reactors and multilayer film lines.
Social
Urbanization, smaller households and on-the-go consumption increase demand for portion-packed and convenience foods.
Consumer awareness of plastic waste drives brand-owner commitments to recyclable packaging.
Concern about food waste supports adoption of high-barrier, shelf-life-extending packaging.
Technological
Advances in multilayer coextrusion enable thinner films with more functional layers, increasing tie-layer demand.
New ionomer and acid copolymer grades improve seal performance, clarity and recyclability compatibility.
Mass-balance certified circular and bio-attributed feedstocks allow lower-carbon grades without process change.
Environmental
Packaging recyclability requirements challenge multi-material laminates that use polar polymers as bonding layers.
Compatibilizers support mechanical recycling of mixed polyolefin and barrier waste streams.
Producers face pressure to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions from energy-intensive high-pressure processes.
Legal
Food-contact regulations (FDA 21 CFR, EU 10/2011, China GB 4806 series) govern permissible compositions and migration limits.
Chemical registration under TSCA, REACH and equivalent regimes adds compliance costs.
EPR legislation and plastic packaging taxes shift costs toward packaging producers and influence material selection.
Profiles of 104 companies operating in the Polar Polymer Market market, including revenue, employee count, and market positioning where available.
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Celanese is a US-headquartered chemical and specialty materials company with two businesses. Engineered Materials sells specialty polymers such as POM, nylon, PBT, LCP, UHMW-PE and elastomers into automotive, electronics, medical and industrial applications. The Acetyl Chain is among the world's largest and lowest-cost producers of acetic acid, vinyl acetate monomer and their downstream derivatives. The USD 11 billion acquisition of DuPont's Mobility & Materials business in 2022 doubled the engineered-materials franchise but left the company with about USD 12.6 billion of debt just as demand weakened. That has produced two consecutive years of multi-billion-dollar goodwill and trade-name impairments, a 95% dividend cut and the loss of investment-grade ratings. Under CEO Scott Richardson, in post since January 2025, the agenda is cash generation, cost reduction, divestitures and footprint closures. The equity is a highly leveraged recovery situation: second-quarter 2026 earnings were the strongest in nearly three years, helped partly by temporary supply dislocations. --- **The company's own description (paraphrased from the FY2025 10-K, Item 1).** Celanese describes itself as a global chemical and specialty materials company. It is a global producer of high-performance engineered polymers and one of the world's largest producers of acetyl products, which are intermediates for nearly all major industries. Its end-uses include automotive, chemical additives, construction, adhesives, medical, consumer electronics, energy storage, filtration, paints and coatings, paper and packaging, industrial applications and textiles. It attributes its leading positions to differentiated business models, large global capacity, operating efficiency, proprietary technology and a competitive cost structure. Operations comprise 51 production facilities plus 20 strategic-affiliate production facilities, mainly in North America, Europe and Asia. **Independent characterisation.** Celanese is best understood as two distinct businesses under one leveraged balance sheet: 1. **Acetyl Chain (44% of FY2025 net sales).** This is an integrated commodity-to-intermediate chain: methanol, acetic acid, VAM, then emulsions, redispersible powders and EVA polymers, plus acetate tow. Its advantage is cost position, built on US Gulf Coast natural gas, the Clear Lake complex, the Fairway methanol joint venture and proprietary AOPlus and VAntage process technologies. It also has the optionality to move molecules between products and regions to wherever margin is highest. Pricing follows industry utilisation and raw-material costs, with lags of months to quarters. 2. **Engineered Materials (56% of FY2025 net sales).** This is a project-based specialty polymers business. Materials are specified into customer parts through an opportunity pipeline. Pricing is primarily value-in-use and largely independent of raw-material cost in the short run, so margins expand or contract as input costs move. **Revenue model.** Revenue is essentially 100% product sales, covering chemicals and polymers sold by volume. There is no material subscription, service or licensing revenue line, although process technology has been licensed historically. A significant share of earnings comes from non-consolidated affiliates. In FY2025, equity in net earnings of affiliates was USD 127 million and dividend income from cost-method investments was USD 122 million, mainly from the three Chinese acetate tow ventures with China National Tobacco Corporation (FY2025 earnings release). **Value chain position.** The company is upstream-integrated in acetyls, with self-supply of methanol in North America through Fairway and captive acetic acid, VAM and formaldehyde. In Engineered Materials it is midstream, covering polymerisation and compounding. It sells to OEMs, tier suppliers, moulders, formulators and distributors. **Customer types.** Engineered Materials sells to OEMs and their suppliers in automotive, medical, industrial and consumer markets under multi-year and annual arrangements, plus distributors. The Acetyl Chain sells to producers of paints, coatings, adhesives, polyesters, pharmaceuticals and construction products under a mix of short- and long-term agreements. Acetate tow is sold to the major tobacco companies, often on multi-year pricing. **End-markets.** Automotive (including electric and hybrid drivetrains), electrical and electronics (connectors, AI-server components), medical devices and drug delivery, construction, paints and coatings, adhesives, packaging, filtration (cigarette filters), energy storage (battery separators) and consumer goods.
DuPont de Nemours today is a focused, roughly USD 7 bn-revenue multi-industry company. It is no longer the diversified chemical conglomerate of its heritage. After a decade of portfolio surgery, the company consists of two segments: **Healthcare & Water Technologies (about 47% of FY2025 sales):** Tyvek® medical packaging and protective garments, specialty medical device components (Spectrum, Donatelle), and the FilmTec™ / Amberlite™ water purification franchise. **Diversified Industrials (about 53%):** Building envelope products (Tyvek® house wrap, Styrofoam™, Corian®) and engineered industrial technologies (Molykote®, Vespel®, Betaseal™/Betaforce™ adhesives, Cyrel® printing plates). The company earns a premium-specialty margin profile: operating EBITDA margin was 23.8% in FY2025, with guidance of about 24.5% for FY2026. Management targets 3–4% organic growth, 150–200 bps of margin expansion and 8–10% adjusted EPS CAGR through 2028, supported by a lightly levered BBB+/Baa1 balance sheet. The principal overhang is legacy PFAS liability, shared with Chemours, Corteva and Qnity under contractual arrangements. The principal opportunity is a cleaner, higher-growth healthcare/water mix and capital redeployment. --- **Company's own description (FY2025 10-K, Item 1).** DuPont describes itself as a leading provider of advanced solutions that improve everyday life across healthcare, water, construction and industrial markets. It emphasizes helping customers advance their technology pipelines, from clean water to medical packaging that enhances safety and performance. It names its competitive strengths as: - proprietary product and process technologies; - robust application-development pipelines; - well-known brands; - customer intimacy; - global manufacturing and local service capability. **Independent characterization.** DuPont is now best understood as a specialty engineered-materials and components company with four businesses of roughly comparable scale: **Business model and revenue model.** - Revenue is overwhelmingly product sales: materials, components, membranes, resins, garments and plates. Some engineered systems and modules are sold in Water. - There is no material subscription or licensing revenue. Trade secrets may be licensed occasionally (10-K, Intellectual Property). - The contract manufacturing and design services of Spectrum and Donatelle (medical devices) add a design-in / build-to-print services element, but are recognized as product revenue. - Seasonality: North American Building Technologies demand peaks in Q2–Q3. **Value-chain position.** DuPont sits mid-stream as a Tier-1/Tier-2 supplier. It converts purchased raw materials (polyolefins, specialty monomers, resins, silicones, polymers) into engineered materials, membranes and components. These are specified into customers' finished products: medical devices, sterile packaging, water plants, building envelopes, aircraft, vehicles and print packaging. **Customer types.** - Medical device OEMs and sterile packaging converters - Biopharma manufacturers - Industrial end users and EPC/OEM water-system integrators - Municipalities and desalination operators (via integrators) - Builders, contractors and distributors (e.g., Corian® distribution through Hallmark and Parksite) - Automotive and EV OEMs and Tier-1s - Aerospace OEMs - Printing and packaging converters Most products are sold through DuPont's own sales organization, with distributors used for some lines (10-K, Distribution). **End markets.** Healthcare (medical devices, packaging, biopharma, PPE), water (industrial, municipal/desalination, life sciences, microelectronics UPW), construction (residential, non-residential, repair/remodel) and industrial (aerospace, automotive/EV, printing and packaging, general industrial).
Nippon Soda is a mid-cap, diversified Japanese chemical group founded in 1920 as a chlor-alkali producer and progressively re-shaped into a portfolio anchored by two high-value franchises: research-based crop protection (Agri Business, 35% of FY3/26 sales) and specialty "Chemical Materials" (25%), complemented by lower-margin but stable trading/logistics, plant engineering and environmental-recycling businesses. Its crown jewels are niche, high-barrier products in which it holds globally relevant positions — the pharmaceutical excipient NISSO HPC (hydroxypropyl cellulose), liquid polybutadiene NISSO-PB for AI-server copper-clad laminates, KrF photoresist polymer VP-POLYMER, and proprietary agrochemicals such as Mospilan (acetamiprid) and Topsin-M. With FY3/26 net sales of JPY 152.1 billion, record net profit of JPY 18.3 billion, an equity ratio of ~66.6%, and a 50%+ total shareholder return policy, the company is a conservatively financed, R&D-led specialty player now pivoting toward healthcare (including animal health) and advanced ICT materials under its Stage III plan to FY3/30. --- ### Company's own description According to its Stage III medium-term plan (May 2026), Nippon Soda describes its mission as creating new value through the power of chemistry, and frames the group as supporting everyday life through chemical products and services across four "material" fields: Agriculture (securing food and sustainable agriculture), Healthcare (healthy life for all people), Environment (toward a resource-recycling society) and ICT (chemical functions for IT devices). The Yuho describes the parent's business as manufacturing, processing and marketing of industrial chemicals, synthetic resins and plastics, dyes, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, veterinary pharmaceuticals and other chemical products. ### Business model and revenue model Nippon Soda's revenue is overwhelmingly product-based (manufactured chemical sales), with secondary service revenues from logistics (warehousing, transport, customs brokerage), engineering/EPC contracts and waste treatment. There is no material subscription revenue. Licensing/active-ingredient supply is embedded in Agri Business: the company supplies proprietary active ingredients (AIs) to global majors and sells formulated products through its own overseas network and partners. The revenue mix by nature (approximation from FY3/26 segment data; company does not disclose a product/service split): *Note: the above split is an analytical characterization; the company does not report revenue by nature.* ### Value-chain position **Agri Business:** fully integrated R&D-type agrochemical originator — chemical synthesis, biological/safety research, formulation research, field evaluation, AI manufacturing (including via Nisso Namhae Agro in Korea) and formulation, registration and global marketing (Stage III plan). The company emphasizes that R&D-type agrochemical originators are largely limited to five overseas majors plus Japanese firms, and that Japanese originators punch above their weight in new AI discovery. **Chemical Materials:** upstream chlor-alkali (caustic soda, chlorine, hydrochloric acid) feeding downstream fine/specialty chemistry (living anionic polymerization for NISSO-PB and VP-POLYMER; cellulose derivatization for HPC; penem API synthesis). **Trading & Logistics:** captive and third-party distribution (Nisso Shoji) and specialized hazardous/pharma logistics (Sanwa Soko, Sanso Unyu). **Engineering:** fine-chemical-type EPC (Nisso Engineering) and civil works (Nisso Kensetsu). **Eco Solutions:** waste treatment, zinc recovery from electric-arc-furnace dust, sulfuric acid recycling (Nisso Metallochemical). ### Customer types and end-markets Customers include global agrochemical majors and distributors, farmers' cooperatives (via channels), generic and innovator pharmaceutical companies and supplement makers (HPC, SSF, faropenem API), copper-clad-laminate (CCL) and semiconductor-materials producers (NISSO-PB, 1,2-SBS, VP-POLYMER), thermal-paper manufacturers (color developers), battery-materials producers, industrial users of commodity chemicals, steelmakers (EAF dust treatment), and public/private construction clients (Engineering). End-markets: crop protection (fruit & vegetables first, expanding to grains), pharmaceuticals/nutraceuticals, semiconductors/electronics (AI servers, HBM, automotive chips), infrastructure, and environmental services. ### Independent characterization Nippon Soda is best understood as two engines and three stabilizers. The engines — Agri Business and specialty Chemical Materials — generated roughly 75% of FY3/26 segment operating profit (JPY 11.2 billion of JPY 14.97 billion before adjustments) on 60% of sales. Agri is cyclical and FX-sensitive (65.7% overseas sales ratio in FY3/26), while Chemical Materials has been structurally re-rated from a ~5–6% margin business to ~15–17% after exiting commodity lines (metallic sodium via Alkaline S.A.S., NISSO HI-CHLON, phenol-based color developers, sodium cyanide). The stabilizers (Trading & Logistics, Engineering, Eco Solutions) are low-growth and modest-margin but add scale and cash. A further, often-overlooked profit pillar is equity-method income (JPY 6.06 billion in FY3/26, chiefly Iharabras in Brazil), which made ordinary profit (JPY 22.99 billion) much larger than operating profit and is highly FX-sensitive (BRL/USD).
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