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Westlake Chemical Corporation(WLK)

Description: Westlake Chemical Corporation manufactures and markets basic chemicals, vinyls, polymers, and fabricated building products. It operates in two segments, Olefins and Vinyls. The Olefins segment provides ethylene, polyethylene, styrene monomer, and various ethylene co-products, such as chemical grade propylene, crude butadiene, pyrolysis gasoline, and hydrogen. The Vinyls segment offers polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride monomer, ethylene dichloride, chlorine, caustic soda, and ethylene. This segment also manufactures and sells building products fabricated from PVC, including pipe, fence and deck, and window and door components. The company's products are used in various applications, which include consumer and industrial markets, such as flexible and rigid packaging, automotive products, coatings, and residential and commercial construction, as well as in other durable and non-durable goods. Westlake Chemical Corporation provides its products for chemical processors, plastics fabricators, construction contractors, municipalities, and supply warehouses in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland, and internationally. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.


Keywords: Plastic Dielectric Organic Compounds Commodity Chemicals Thermoplastic Chemical Industry Polyvinyl Chloride Polymers Automotive Products Hazardous Air Pollutants Hydrogen Monomer Chloride Polyethylene Chlorine Chemical Process Basic Chemicals Styrene Ethylene Pyrolysis Vinyl Chloride Construction Contractors Durable Good Rigid Packaging Chemical Grade Propylene Pyrolysis Gasoline Vinyl Polymer Ethylene Co Products Westlake Chemical

Home Page: www.westlake.com

WLK Technical Analysis

2801 Post Oak Boulevard
Houston, TX 77056
United States
Phone: 713 960 9111


Officers

Name Title
Mr. James Y. Chao Exec. Chairman
Mr. Albert Yuan Chao Pres, CEO & Director
Mr. Mark Steven Bender CPA Exec. VP & CFO
Mr. Roger Lester Kearns COO and Exec. VP of Performance & Essential Materials
Mr. Robert F. Buesinger Exec. VP of Housing, Infrastructure Products, IT & Digital
Mr. Johnathan Stevan Zoeller VP & Chief Accounting Officer
Mr. L. Benjamin Ederington Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel, Chief Admin. Officer & Corp. Sec.
Lawrence Schubert VP of Corp. Devel. & Sustainability
Dr. Karl-Martin Schellerer Managing Director of Vinnolit Bus. and VP
Thomas J. Janssens Sr. VP of Operations, PEM & Corp. Logistics

Exchange: NYSE

Country: US

Currency: US Dollar ($)

GIC Sector: Materials
GIC Group: Materials
GIC Industry: Chemicals
GIC Sub-Industry: Commodity Chemicals
Forward PE: 10.01
Trailing PE: 5.3981
Price-to-Book MRQ: 1.4604
Price-to-Sales TTM: 0.8372
IPO Date: 2004-08-11
Fiscal Year End: December
Full Time Employees: 14550
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