Westlake Chemical
| Westlake Chemical Corp.
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US9604131022 |
| founding | 1986 |
| Seat |
Houston , Texas ,
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| management | Albert Chao ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 8,870 |
| sales | 8,635,000,000 US dollars (2018) |
| Branch | chemistry |
| Website | www.westlake.com |
| As of December 31, 2018 | |
Westlake Chemical is a Houston-based chemical company that was formed in 1986 through the acquisition of a PE plant near Lake Charles from Occidental Petroleum . It produces low-density polyethylene ( LDPE and LLDPE ), styrene and, via chloralkali electrolysis, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride , 1,2-dichloroethane , chlorine and sodium hydroxide . Westlake is North America's largest producer of LDPE.
In 2014, the German PVC manufacturer Vinnolit was taken over.
Works
Westlake Chemical's production sites are:
- Lake Charles, Louisiana : PE, styrene
- Longview, Texas : PE
- Calvert City , Kentucky : Chloralkali
- Geismar (Louisiana) : Chloralkali
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leadership ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2018. In: www.westlake.com. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Form 10-K 2015
- ↑ Advent International sells Vinnolit to Westlake Chemical Corporation May 28, 2014.
- ↑ Our Locations ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
