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Westlake (NYSE: WLK) is a global diversified industrial company that manufactures and supplies essential products that enhance the daily lives of people around the globe. Our products, now under a One Westlake brand, supply the necessary building blocks for everyday products across housing and infrastructure, packaging and healthcare, and automotive and consumer goods. Consumers gain the benefits of materials Westlake produces in products such as food packaging, medical devices, soaps and detergents, car interiors, fashion, toys, shoes, furniture, electronics, siding, stone veneer, windows, outdoor living, roofing, and pipe & fittings. Westlake is proud to contribute to driving a sustainable future through the creation of essential products that are Enhancing Your Life Every Day^®.

ABOUT US

Blending our chemical capabilities with a strong, downstream building products business, Westlake delivers life-enhancing products that benefit lives every day.  From our polyethylene that is used daily in food packaging like bread bags, cheese wrapping and milk cartons, to our PVC pipe which is used to deliver clean drinking water or to irrigate fields, our products make a difference in the world.  

Employing approximately 16,000 people, Westlake operates from locations in North America, Europe and Asia.  

OUR MISSION

Westlake is proud of who we are - a responsible manufacturer and global supplier of chemicals, polymers and building products. Our mission is to serve our customers by safely and reliably providing quality and sustainable products and services that enhance people's lives every day. Westlake works to align the interests of our global customers and suppliers with those of our shareholders, employees and the communities in which we operate. Safety and a vigilant stewardship of the environment is at the forefront of everything we do. We strive to be a low-cost manufacturer and to find value across the product chain through vertical and horizontal integration. Westlake adheres to the concept of Economic Value Added and seeks to return value to our shareholders above the invested cost of capital.   

Chlorine/Chlor-alkali

Westlake is the second-largest Chlor-alkali (chlorine and caustic soda) producer in the world, which capitalizes on globally low-cost natural gas for power in North America. Westlake is among the largest producers globally of caustic soda, which is a key building block for aluminum and polyurethanes. Chlorine is used in the manufacture of VCM and PVC, and is a key component used in water treatment by municipalities and in swimming pools.