Westlake Chemical Corporation Stock News

Westlake Corporation (WLK) Discusses Facility Closures and Profitability Improvement Actions in Performance and Essential Materials Segment Transcript

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK) (“Westlake”) (the “Company”) announced today that the Company has approved a plan to cease operation of certain of the Company's North American chlorovinyl production facilities, including: its polyvinyl chloride (“PVC”) plant at the Aberdeen, Mississippi site, which has an annual capacity of approximately 1 billion pounds of suspension...

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today released its 2024 Sustainability Report, marking the company's eighth consecutive annual update on its voluntary sustainability initiatives and ongoing operational improvements. The report highlights that Westlake has successfully met its target to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO2e emissions per ton of production by 20% compared to ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today declared a regular dividend distribution of $0.53 per share for the third quarter of 2025. This dividend will be payable on December 11, 2025 to stockholders of record on November 25, 2025. Westlake announced its first dividend on November 11, 2004 and has successively been paying and increasing its divid...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK) (“Westlake”) today announced the expiration and results of its cash tender offer to purchase (the “Offer”) any and all of the outstanding 3.600% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”). The tender offer described herein was made on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated November 4, 2025 (the “Offer...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK) (“Westlake”) today announced the pricing of its cash tender offer to purchase (the “Offer”) any and all of the outstanding 3.600% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) on the terms set forth in the table below. The table below sets forth the applicable Reference Yield and Consideration for the Notes, as calculated at 2:00 p.m., New York C...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK) announced that Westlake Polyethylene's LDPE Sulphur, Louisiana manufacturing site has attained the globally-recognized International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification. This achievement includes mass balance certification, recognizing the site's robust systems for tracing and managing alternative raw materia...