NYSE, WLK - Westlake Corp
We are a vertically integrated manufacturer and marketer of basic chemicals,
vinyls, polymers and fabricated products. Our products include some of the most
widely used chemicals in the world, which are fundamental to many diverse
consumer and industrial markets, including flexible and rigid packaging,
automotive products, coatings, residential and commercial construction as well
as other durable and non-durable goods. We operate in two principal business
segments, Olefins and Vinyls, and we are one of the few North American
integrated producers of vinyls with substantial downstream integration into
polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, fabricated products.
We began operations in 1986 after our first polyethylene plant, an Olefins
segment business, near Lake Charles, Louisiana was acquired from Occidental
Petroleum Corporation. ...
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