Segment Related Information
The Company has concluded that it is a single operating segment and a single reportable segment: chemical manufacturing. Its larger manufacturing sites are vertically integrated and leverage cross-plant resources, including centralized supply chain and procurement functions. This production process uses one key raw material, cumene, as the input to products produced for sale through the sales channels and end markets the Company serves. Production rates and output volumes are managed across locations to align with the Company’s overall operating plan. Additionally, the Company’s operating results, which are evaluated regularly to make decisions about resource allocation and performance assessment by the CODM, our CEO and President, are on a consolidated basis.

The chemical manufacturing segment derives its revenues by innovating and delivering essential products in the industries of nylon solutions, plant nutrients, and chemical intermediates to its customers in a wide variety of end markets and applications, such as building and construction, fertilizers, agrochemicals, plastics, solvents, packaging, paints, coatings, adhesives and electronics.

The CODM’s performance assessment and resource allocation for the chemical manufacturing segment is based on net income which is also reported on the income statement as net income, the measure of segment assets which is also reported on the balance sheet as total assets, and capital expenditures which is also reported in the statement of cash flows.
The CODM uses net income generated from segment assets in deciding whether to reinvest profits into the segment or into other parts of the entity, such as for acquisitions or to pay dividends. The CODM also uses net income to monitor budget versus actual results. Monitoring budgeted versus actual results is used in assessing performance of the segment and in establishing management’s compensation. Lastly, the CODM uses capital expenditures to estimate the cash-generating potential and cash requirements of the segment.

Significant expense information reviewed by the CODM was as follows (in thousands):

Years Ended December 31,
202520242023
Revenue$1,522,233 $1,517,557 $1,533,599 
Less:
Variable costs of goods sold *663,871 691,300 711,169 
Plant costs500,596 487,671 470,457 
Freight and distribution costs184,172 176,849 177,095 
Selling, general, and administrative expense104,750 94,023 95,538 
Other segment items **19,558 23,565 24,717 
Segment net income$49,286 $44,149 $54,623 
*Variable costs of goods sold includes the raw material costs associated with volumes sold during the period as well as insurance settlement proceeds, when applicable.
**Other segment items include research and development expense, interest income and expense, capitalized interest, other non-operating expense, and income tax expense.

About Segments Disclosures

Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.

Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.