HOUSTON, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) held its annual meeting today, at which the stockholders reelected Ruth I. Dreessen, Dorothy C. Jenkins, and Max L. Lukens as directors to serve until 2008. Also at its meeting today, Westlake's board of directors

- Revenues up 54 percent - Earnings per share up over 300 percent HOUSTON, May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today reported net income of $61.1 million, or $0.94 per diluted share, and operating income of $101.7 million on net sales of $618.6 million for the

HOUSTON, April 14, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) will release its 2005 first quarter earnings prior to the market opening on Wednesday, May 4, 2005. The company will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m.

HOUSTON, April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical (NYSE: WLK) today announced that it has named Joseph B. Nassif as Vice President, Corporate Purchasing. In his new position, Nassif will direct the corporate-wide procurement activities in support of the business to include maintenance,

HOUSTON, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical (NYSE: WLK) has been recognized by the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (NPRA) for excellence in safety performance at several of its facilities in Sulphur, LA, located in the Lake Charles area.

HOUSTON, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) is pleased to announce that its Founder and former Chairman of the Board, Ting Tsung "T. T." Chao, will be recognized for his outstanding contribution to the petrochemical community by the Chemical Heritage

HOUSTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- North American Profiles Group (NAPG), a subsidiary of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK), was chosen as the manufacturer of the PVC profiles used for the vertical and horizontal posts used to construct the 7,503 gates for The Gates, the artwork

HOUSTON, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) declared today a dividend of 2.125 cents per share, payable on March 14, 2005, to shareholders of record on March 3, 2005. This is the second quarterly dividend that Westlake has declared

HOUSTON, Feb 18, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today reported fourth quarter net income of $47.3 million or $0.73 per diluted share and operating income of $81.4 million on net sales of $563.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2004.

HOUSTON, Feb 14, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Michael N. Powell, Vice President and General Manager of Westlake Chemical Corporation's (NYSE: WLK) PVC pipe business, North American Pipe Corporation, will address the Polyvinyl Chloride Industry at the UBS Grass Roots Chemical Conference