Houston / Texas / United States
Westlake Chemical Corporation is a vertically integrated manufacturer and marketer of petrochemicals, vinyls, polymers and fabricated products. The company has become a worldwide supplier by employing a combined strategy of acquisition, expansion of existing facilities and new construction. Westlake s operations annually manufacture and market more than eight billion pounds of the worlds most used commodity petrochemicals and polymer products. Its chemicals are some of the most used chemicals in the world, which are fundamental to many consumer and industrial markets, including flexible and rigid packaging, automotive products, coatings, residential and commercial construction, as well as other durable and nondurable goods. Operating in two vertically integrated business segments, Olefins and Vinyls, the company uses the majority of its internally produced basic chemicals to manufacture value-added chemicals and fabricated products. It is one of the few fully integrated producers of vinyls and fabricated products in North America. Westlake Chemical Corporation is headquartered in Houston.
