HOUSTON, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) declared today a dividend of 2.125 cents per share, payable on December 8, 2004, to shareholders of record on November 22, 2004. This is the first dividend that Westlake has declared since
HOUSTON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today reported third quarter net income of $28.3 million or $0.50 per diluted share and operating income of $68.9 million on net sales of $572.0 million for the third quarter of 2004.
HOUSTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) will release its 2004 third quarter earnings prior to the market opening on Wednesday, November 3, 2004. The company will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10 a.m.
HOUSTON, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albert Chao, President & CEO, and Ruth Dreessen, Senior Vice President and CFO, of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK), will address investors at the following two events: Investors Conference: CSFB 2004 Leveraged Finance Chemical Conference in New
HOUSTON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) announced today that it is planning for a phased start-up of its vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) facilities in Geismar, Louisiana. Westlake acquired these facilities from Borden Chemical
HOUSTON, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) announced today that the underwriters of its recent initial public offering of common stock have exercised their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,626,506 shares of common stock from the company at
HOUSTON, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today announced the election of four new members to its board of directors. Mr. Robert T. Blakely, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MCI, Inc., Mr. Max L.
HOUSTON, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation today announced that the price of its initial public offering of 11.8 million shares of its common stock has been set at $14.50 per share. The shares will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "WLK" and
Houston, Texas, August 02, 2004/PRNewswire/ – Westlake Chemical Corporation announced today that it closed the purchase of substantially all of the net assets of Bristolpipe Corporation for a price of $33.0 million before customary closing adjustments.
Houston, Texas – February 10, 2004 – James Chao, Vice Chairman of Westlake Chemical Corporation, will address analysts at the following event: Analyst Conference: UBS Grass Roots Chemical Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 10:50 a.m. CST.