Westlake

WLK · NYSE

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About WLK

Westlake Corp. Is a global diversified industrial company, which engages in the manufacturing and supplying of essential products. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas and currently employs 14,600 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2004-08-11. With operations in Asia, Europe, and North America, it provides building blocks for solutions from housing and construction to packaging and healthcare to automotive and the consumer. Its segments include Performance and Essential Materials and Housing and Infrastructure Products. The Performance and Essential Materials include Westlake North American Vinyls, Westlake North American Chlor-alkali & Derivatives, Westlake European & Asian Chlorovinyls, Westlake Olefins, Westlake Polyethylene and Westlake Epoxy. The Housing and Infrastructure Products include Westlake Royal Building Products, Westlake Pipe and Fittings, Westlake Global Compounds and Westlake Dimex. Its products are used in diverse consumer and industrial markets, including residential construction, automotive products, water treatment, wind turbines, coatings as well as other durable and non-durable goods.

Employees: 14,600
Headquarters: Houston, Texas
Listed: Aug 11, 2004
Sector: Materials
Industry: Chemicals
Website: westlake.com

Leadership

Westlake executives
Name	Title	Since	Age
Albert Chao	—	1996	75
James Chao	—	1996	77
Jean-Marc Gilson	—	2024	61
M. Steven Bender	—	—	68
L. Benjamin Ederington	—	—	54
Robert Buesinger	—	—	68
Thomas Janssens	—	—	59
Jeffrey Holy	—	—	45
Catherine Chao	—	—	47
David Chao	—	—	48
John Chao	—	—	48
Bhavesh Patel	—	—	59
Carolyn Sabat	—	—	45
Roger Cregg	—	—	69
Michael Graff	—	—	70
Kimberly Lubel	—	—	60
Mark Mccollum	—	—	66
R. Bruce Northcutt	—	—	65
Jeffrey Sheets	—	—	67

Revenue by product and region

Fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2017: $8.04B total revenue

By product

PVC, Caustic Soda And Other [Member]$4.77B59.3%
Polyethylene [Member]$1.52B18.9%
Building Products [Member]$1.22B15.2%
Styrene, Feedstock And Other [Member]$533.00M6.6%

By region

UNITED STATES$5.74B71.4%
Other [Member]$671.00M8.3%
Canada [Member]$653.00M8.1%
Germany [Member]$432.00M5.4%
Switzerland [Member]$142.00M1.8%
Other$404.00M5.0%

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