HOUSTON , Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK), the Houston -based petrochemical and fabricated products company, today announced that it is idling one of its ethylene plants in Lake Charles, Louisiana due to significant customer inventory destocking and

HOUSTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) declared on Friday a dividend of 5.25 cents per share, payable on December 16, 2008, to stockholders of record on December 2, 2008. This is the 17th successive quarterly dividend that

HOUSTON, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) will release its 2008 third quarter earnings prior to the market opening on Thursday, November 6, 2008. The company will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m.

HOUSTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- North American Pipe, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Houston-based Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK), announced today it has begun shipping products from its newly completed large diameter PVC pipe facility located in Calvert City, KY.

HOUSTON, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK), the Houston-based petrochemical and fabricated products company, announced today the establishment of an office in Shanghai, China. The official opening ceremony for the office was attended by Westlake's

HOUSTON, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) announced today that it has completed an amendment to increase the company's revolving credit facility from $300 million to $400 million and extended its maturity to 2013.

HOUSTON, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) announced today it will construct a new chlor alkali plant to be located at its vinyls manufacturing complex in Geismar, Louisiana. The new chlor alkali unit is estimated to produce 250,000 electro chemical units

HOUSTON, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) declared on Friday a dividend of 5.25 cents per share, payable on September 12, 2008, to stockholders of record on August 28, 2008. This represents an increase of 1/4 cent per share, or

HOUSTON, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today reported net income of $5.4 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2008. This represents a decrease from the first quarter of 2007 net income of $19.7 million, or $0.30 per diluted share.