Houston, Texas – January 27, 2004 – A fire in the ethylene unit of Westlake Vinyls Corporation's complex in Calvert City, KY, which occurred late Thursday of last week, was extinguished early Saturday morning. A maintenance employee who sustained minor injuries was treated and released on the same

Houston, Texas – February 12, 2004 – Westlake Vinyls Corporation's ethylene unit at its Calvert City, KY complex has been successfully restarted. The unit was down for repairs due to a fire in late January. All other units at the complex are operating and production schedules are returning to

Houston, Texas – May 04, 2004 – /PRNewswire/ - Westlake Chemical Corporation will release its 2004 first quarter earnings early the morning of Tuesday, May 11, 2004. The company will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10 a.m. Central Time) on the same day to discuss the earnings

Houston, Texas – May 24, 2004 – Westlake Chemical Corporation announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering

Houston, Texas, June 1, 2004 - The Westlake Chemical Corporation has recently notified 28 sons and daughters of employees throughout the company that they are recipients of a Westlake Scholarship beginning the fall term of 2004. This annual award of scholarships caps Westlake's long-standing

Houston, Texas, July 1, 2004/PRNewswire/ – Westlake Chemical Corporation announced today that, through an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary, it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the net assets of Bristolpipe Corporation.