Case Study: Largest Chemical Company achieves €480M Q1 sales gain and optimized hedging with ION's VaRWorksPlus

Largest Chemical Company - Customer Case Study

Largest Chemical Company, a $60 billion chemical producer operating in more than 90 countries, struggled to manage illiquid, complex physical trades and unclear unwind horizons across multiple portfolios. To gain transparent, comprehensive risk measures and scale trading activity efficiently, the company turned to ION and deployed FEA’s VaRWorksPlus analytics solution.

ION implemented FEA’s VaRWorksPlus to provide fast scenario forecasting, liquidity- and profit-adjusted risk calculations, and prescriptive portfolio modeling—rolling the solution out in two weeks across multiple sites and 355 production facilities. The ION-powered solution optimized hedging and trade positioning, delivered world-class Ph.D. analytical support, and helped drive a roughly €480 million uplift in Q1 sales year-over-year.