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

HOUSTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) will release its 2004 fourth quarter earnings prior to the market opening on Friday, February 18, 2005. The company will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10 a.m.

HOUSTON, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) announced today that in late December 2004 it successfully started up its vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) facilities in Geismar, Louisiana. As previously announced this phased start-up will

HOUSTON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ruth Dreessen, Sr. Vice President and CFO of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK), will address investors at the Smith Barney Citigroup 15th Annual Chemical Conference on December 8, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. E.S.T.

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.