WESTLAKE CORP

Westlake Corporation manufactures and markets housing and infrastructure products as well as essential materials and specialty chemicals. The company operates through two primary divisions: Housing and Infrastructure Products (HIP) and Performance and Essential Materials (PEM). Its HIP segment provides building materials such as siding, trim, architectural stone veneer, roofing, windows, outdoor living items, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes, fittings, and polymer compounds. The PEM segment produces chemical building blocks including ethylene, chlorine, caustic soda, vinyl chloride monomer, PVC, polyethylene, and epoxy resins. These offerings serve diverse end markets spanning residential and light commercial construction, municipal infrastructure, flexible and rigid packaging, automotive, coatings, electronics, and medical applications. Westlake markets its goods directly through internal sales personnel, manufacturer representatives, and regional distributor networks.

The enterprise maintains an extensive global manufacturing footprint comprising 64 facilities within its HIP segment—spanning North America, Europe, and Asia—alongside 47 North American distribution and warehousing hubs. Its PEM division operates multiple chemical processing sites across the United States, Canada, Germany, Spain, South Korea, China, and Taiwan. The provided text does not state the company's headquarters location.

Summary of the business section of Westlake's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

“As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 14,600 employees in the following areas:”