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Westlake Corporation reports news around its global materials and building-products operations, organized around Performance and Essential Materials and Housing and Infrastructure Products. Updates commonly cover earnings, segment pricing and volume trends, olefins, vinyl chemicals, polyethylene, epoxies, building products, pipe and fittings, facility actions, product certifications, distribution launches, litigation matters and leadership changes.
The company also appears in updates involving Westlake Royal Building Products, Westlake Epoxy and its relationship with Westlake Chemical Partners LP, a limited partnership formed by Westlake to operate, acquire and develop ethylene production facilities and other qualified assets.
Westlake Royal Building Products (NYSE: WLK) will exhibit at the 2026 NAHB International Builders’ Show (Feb 17–19) in Orlando at Booth W3743, showcasing new siding, trim, roofing and stone products, an interactive Design Canvas tool and a data-driven TrendLine forecast across its major brands.
The roughly 5,000-square-foot booth highlights new product introductions, colorways and live demos aimed at builders, designers and distributors to simplify exterior design and planning.
Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) declared a quarterly distribution of $0.4714 per unit, payable on February 23, 2026 to holders of record as of February 6, 2026. This marks the Partnership's 46th quarterly distribution since its IPO. The notice is intended as a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b).
Brokers and nominees are instructed to treat 100.0% of distributions to non-U.S. investors as effectively connected income, meaning such distributions are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective rate.
Westlake Royal Building Products (NYSE: WLK) will exhibit at the 2026 International Roofing Expo in Las Vegas, Jan 20–22, 2026, at booth 2545. The company will display roofing brands including Newpoint, DaVinci, US Tile, Unified Steel and Westlake Royal Roofing Components, and feature the Westlake Royal Cool Roof System exhibit. Highlights include new DaVinci Roofscapes shake colors (Timber Black and Blonde Cedar), DaVinci Project of the Year winners, installation clinics on stone coated metal panels, and Tapco Tools trim brake demonstrations. Three 45-minute metal roofing clinics will run at Booth 1133 on Jan 20, 21 and 22.
Westlake Royal Building Products (NYSE: WLK) honored seven roofing projects with the 2025 DaVinci Roofscapes Masterpiece Contractor Project of the Year Awards, recognizing excellence in composite roofing installation and visual impact. Winners include five residential and two commercial projects across the U.S., featuring DaVinci Multi-Width Shake, Multi-Width Slate, Single-Width Slate and Select Shake tiles in multiple colors and custom options.
Notable details: a lakefront home saw a 50% homeowner insurance rate reduction after re-roofing; awards cover historic and large commercial re-roofs, custom colors, and roofs paired with solar panels. DaVinci tiles carry a Lifetime Limited Material Warranty and are made from impact- and fire-resistant virgin resins.
Westlake (NYSE: WLK) completed the acquisition of the global compounding solutions businesses of ACI/Perplastic Group on January 5, 2026. The deal adds ACI's specialty materials capabilities, primarily serving the wire and cable sectors, to Westlake Global Compounds and is intended to strengthen Westlake's Housing & Infrastructure Products (HIP) business.
The transaction expands Westlake Global Compounds' manufacturing footprint into Portugal, Romania, and Tunisia and increases its presence alongside existing operations in Mexico. Westlake cites added specialty products, advanced technologies, and the acquired team's expertise as strategic benefits.
Westlake (NYSE: WLK) approved plans to cease operation of several North American chlorovinyl and styrene units with closures effective in December 2025. Affected units include the Aberdeen PVC plant (~1.0 billion lbs suspension PVC), Lake Charles North VCM plant (~910 million lbs VCM), one Lake Charles South diaphragm chlor-alkali unit (~825 million lbs chlorine / 910 million lbs caustic), and the Lake Charles styrene plant (~570 million lbs styrene).
Post-closure aggregate annual capacities are cited (PVC 5,520 million lbs global; VCM 7,630 million lbs global) and Westlake said it will continue supplying customers from its seven other North American chlorovinyl facilities. The plan expects a workforce reduction of ~295 employees and total pre-tax closure costs of ~$415 million with most non-cash charges recognized in Q4 2025.
Westlake (NYSE: WLK) released its 2024 Sustainability Report, marking the company’s eighth consecutive annual sustainability update. The report states Westlake met its initial 2030 target by reducing Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO2e emissions per ton of production by 20% vs 2016.
The company set a new goal to cut those emissions by an additional 5% by 2030 using a 2024 baseline, yielding a 25% total reduction vs 2016. Progress will be measured under the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. The report follows GRI, SASB, and TCFD frameworks and covers Westlake’s Performance & Essential Materials and Housing & Infrastructure Products businesses.
Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share for the third quarter of 2025.
The dividend is payable on December 11, 2025 to shareholders of record on November 25, 2025. Westlake began paying dividends on November 11, 2004 and has reported 21 consecutive years of paying and increasing its dividend.
The release includes customary forward-looking language and refers investors to Westlake’s 2024 Form 10-K and 2025 Form 10-Q for factors that could cause actual results to differ.
Westlake (NYSE: WLK) announced the results of its cash tender offer for its 3.600% Senior Notes due 2026. The offer expired on November 10, 2025 and Westlake intends to accept for purchase $253,730,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes (excluding Guaranteed Delivery tenders). $10,733,000 in additional Notes are reflected in Notices of Guaranteed Delivery. The Settlement Date is on or about November 12, 2025 and consideration is $996.32 per $1,000 principal, plus accrued interest. Notes delivered under Guaranteed Delivery must be transferred by 5:00 p.m. ET on November 13, 2025, with payment expected on or about November 14, 2025.
Westlake (NYSE: WLK) announced a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of its 3.600% Senior Notes due 2026, with $750,000,000 aggregate principal outstanding. The calculated Consideration is $996.32 per $1,000 principal, using a Reference Yield of 3.741% (4.375% UST due 8/15/2026) and a 35 bps fixed spread, assuming settlement on November 12, 2025. The Offer expires at 5:00 p.m. ET on November 10, 2025 unless extended; guaranteed-delivery tenders are expected to settle on or about November 14, 2025. Accrued interest will be paid in addition to the Consideration. Dealer managers are J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo; Global Bondholder Services is depositary and information agent.