International Business News - WLK http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Westlake Chemical Corp. said Thursday its third-quarter profit fell 28 percent and missed Wall Street's target because of higher raw materials costs and storm-related refinery outages. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/westlake-chemical-profit-falls-28-pct-in-3q.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:57:05 EST Westlake Chemical Corp. said Thursday that it opened an office in Shanghai, China, to expand its presence in the region. Westlake, a petrochemical and fabricated products company, has a joint venture in Suzhou, China, that makes products such as PVC resin, PVC films and window profiles. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/westlake-chemical-opens-office-in-shanghai-china.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:51:08 EDT Westlake Chemical Corp., a manufacturer and supplier of petrochemicals, polymers and fabricated products, said Tuesday it increased its revolving credit line to $400 million from $300 million and extended its payback term to 2013. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/westlake-chemical-corp-increases-credit-line.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:36:32 EDT Westlake Chemical Corp. said Friday it will build a new chlor alkali plant in Louisiana, nearly doubling its production capacity. The new facility will be located in Westlake's vinyls manufacturing complex in Geismar, and construction is expected to cost $250 million to $300 million. It is expected to produce an estimated 250,000 electro chemicals units per year, giving Westlake a total capacity of 525,000 per year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/westlake-chemical-to-build-louisiana-plant.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:28:27 EDT The board of Westlake Chemical Corp. declared it will raise its quarterly cash dividend by 0.25 cents, or 5 percent, to 5.25 cents per share. The chemical company said the dividend is payable Sept. 12 to shareholders of record as of Aug. 28. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/westlake-chemical-boosts-regular-dividend.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:18:04 EDT Westlake Chemical Corp. on Tuesday said earnings in its second quarter rose more than 24 percent on strong revenue that was driven primarily by higher selling prices and volumes for most major products. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/westlake-chemical-2q-earnings-rise-24-percent.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:11:48 EDT Ten companies in the materials and processing sector are being to be added to the Russell 1000 in this year's reconstitution of the large-stock index, while three in the sector are being removed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/russell-1000-adds-9-materials-processing-stocks.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:33:12 EDT Westlake Chemical Corp. said Tuesday its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 5 cents. The plastics and chemicals maker said the dividend is payable June 13 to shareholders of record May 30. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/westlake-chemical-sets-quarterly-dividend-of-5-cents.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 13:29:44 EDT Westlake Chemical Corp. on Thursday said earnings fell in the first quarter as high raw material costs reduced the profit it makes from producing petrochemicals and plastics. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/westlake-chemical-1q-earnings-hurt-by-rising-input-costs.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 07:47:53 EDT