Westlake Contributes $500,000 to the Hurricane Laura Disaster Fund
Sep. 14, 2020- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today announced that the company and the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation have contributed a combined $500,000 to the United Way of Southwest Louisiana’s Hurricane Laura Disaster Fund. The Hurricane Laura Disaster Fund was established to aid storm victims in the parishes surrounding the greater Lake Charles area. “As a long-time member of the greater Lake Charles community, which is home to Westlake’s largest concentration of employees and where Westlake started with our first plant in 1986, we are saddened by the hundreds of thousands of residents in the area who have been affected by Hurricane Laura,” said Westlake President and CEO Albert Chao, who is also a board member of the charitable foundation established in 1999 by the Chao family. “However, this event has also demonstrated the admirable qualities of the people of the region – their desire to lend a helping hand. We are thankful for the support of organizations