Company Profile
Updated: 30-SEP-09Westlake Chemical Corp.
Public Company, Headquarters Location
2801 Post Oak Blvd., Ste. 600, Houston, TX 77056-6110, United States
(713)960-9111, http://www.westlake.com
Primary SIC: Industrial Organic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified, Primary NAICS: All Other Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing
Description: Westlake Chemical Corp. was founded in 1986 by T. T. Chao. The company got started in vinyls in 1990. Westlake Chemical went public in 2004. The company is a manufacturer and marketer of basic chemicals, vinyls, polymers and fabricated products. Westlake Chemical operates in two principal business segments, olefins and vinyls. The olefins segment manufactures ethylene, polyethylene, styrene, and associated co-products at a manufacturing facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and polyethylene at the company's Longview, Texas facility. The olefins segment has two ethylene plants, two polyethylene plants and one styrene monomer plant at the Lake Charles complex, and three polyethylene plants and a specialty polyethylene wax plant at the Longview facility. Principal products in the vinyls segment include PVC, VCM, EDC, chlorine, caustic soda and ethylene. The vinyls segment's Calvert City, Kentucky facility includes an ethylene plant, a chlor-alkali plant, a VCM plant, a PVC plant and a larger diameter PVC pipe plant. The segment's Geismar, Louisiana facility includes an EDC plant, a VCM plant and a PVC plant. Westlake Chemical operates from 15 locations in North America and China. The company has acquired 22 plants since 1986. More
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Manufacturing: Manufacturer and marketer of basic chemicals, polymers, vinyls and fabricated products.
Recent News Articles
- Second Quarter 2009 Westlake Chemical Corporation Earnings Conference Call.
PR Newswire - July 14, 2009 - First Quarter 2009 Westlake Chemical Corporation Earnings Conference Call.
PR Newswire - April 21, 2009 - Westlake buys PVC pipe plant.(BASIC CHEMICALS & PLASTICS)(Westlake Chemical Corp.)(Brief article)
Chemical Week - March 30, 2009 - Q4 2008 Westlake Chemical Corporation Earnings Conference Call - Final.(Broadcast transcript)
Fair Disclosure Wire - February 18, 2009
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