Westlake Chemical Corp. Added to Bellwether Watch List.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-20 February 2007-Blue Chip News: Westlake Chemical Corp. Added to Bellwether Watch List(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20022007 Money matters, and vertically integrated Westlake Chemical turns matter into money. The company produces petrochemicals and plastics such as PVC.

Its petrochemicals include ethylene, ethyl benzene, and styrene, which are building blocks in plastics. Its plastics offerings include PVC and polyethylene (in LDPE, LLDPE, and HDPE forms), common in packaging, bags, and grocery sacks. Westlake also produces the chlorine used in PVC, as well as caustic soda. Other Westlake operations produce PVC products such as pipe (North American Pipe), fencing (Westech Fence), and windows. The Chao Group -- which has various...