PVC Resin

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is the world's third most widely used plastic and is an attractive alternative to traditional materials such as glass, metal, wood, and other plastic materials because of its versatility, durability, and cost competitiveness.   

Westlake U.S. PVC Resin Manufacturing Facilities 

Westlake’s U.S. operations include two PVC resin manufacturing facilities in Calvert City, Kentucky, and Geismar, Louisiana. These PVC plants benefit from vertical integration as the primary raw material, vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) is produced at both Westlake plants in Calvert City and Geismar.   

Westlake European PVC Production Facilities

Our European operations include PVC production facilities in Burghausen, Gendorf, Cologne, and Knapsack, Germany. Vinnolit expanded our portfolio to add important specialty PVC resin products and technologies.

Westlake PVC Resin Production & Products 

PVC is produced in powder form and then combined with other ingredients to create a compound with specific processing and end-use properties. Westlake manufactures PVC resins with molecular weights ranging from 0.68 IV to 0.92 IV. In the U.S., these resins are used for pipe, siding and trim, and other profile applications such as windows, doors and decking. In Europe, our products are suitable for a wide range of industrial and building product applications including automotive sealants and interior trim, cable sheathing, flooring, medical applications, pipes, film, technical coatings, wall covering and window profiles.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Grade Inherent Viscosity "K" Value Bulk Density Application
1091 0.90+/-0.02 65.0 >33.7 Typically used in rigid PVC compounds which can be processed through the modern high output, multi-screw extruders to produce pipe, siding, window, door, and fence lineals.
1185B 0.68 57.0 0.53 Blow Molded Bottles, Injection Molded Fittings
1195B 0.73 58.0 0.53 Blow Molded Bottles, Injection Molded Fittings
1230P 0.89 65.0 0.56 Pipe, tube and conduit
1230S 0.90 65.0 0.56 Siding, window and door
2055 0.53 51.0 0.52 PVC resin is well suited for high flow injection molded products
2060 0.60 53.0 0.53 PVC resin is well suited for high flow injection and blow molding products.
2070 0.69 57.0 0.53 PVC resin is well suited for extruded sheet, bottles, fittings and other injection and blow molding products.  
2079 0.79 61.0 0.53 PVC resin is well suited for extruded or calendered sheet, foam and other rigid profile applications.
2082 0.82 62.0 0.53 PVC resin is well suited for flexible profile extrusion, extruded and calendered sheet, extruded foam profiles and other high flow, flexible profile applications. 
2095 0.95 68.0 0.50 PVC resin is well suited for flexible profile extrusion, extruded and calendered sheet, wire & cable, blown film and other flexible applications. 
2100 1.01 70.0 0.48 PVC resin is well suited for flexible profile extrusion, extruded and calendered sheet, blown film, wire & cable and other flexible applications.
2110 1.09 73.0 0.48  PVC resin is well suited for flexible profile extrusion, case film, calendered sheet, and wire & cable applications. 
5265 0.68 57.0 0.51 PVC resin is well suited for extruded sheet, bottles, fittings and other high flow, injection and blow molding applications.
5305 0.73 59.0 0.52 PVC resin is well suited for extruded and calendered sheet, foam and other rigid profile applications.
5385 0.90 65.0 0.54 PVC resin is a medium molecular weight, general purpose, vinyl suspension resin designed primarily for the extrusion of rigid products. This resin has good color and thermal stability. 
5395 0.95 68.0 0.48 PVC resin is well suited for flexible profile extrusion, extruded and calendered sheet, blown film, wire and cable, and other flexible applications.
5415 1.02 70 0.48 PVC resin is well suited for flexible profile extrusion, blown film, calendered and extruded sheet, wire & cable, and other flexible applications.

PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP SUMMARY

PVC Suspension Resin