Integrating Products, People and Performance
Westlake Corporation is integrated all the way back to its rawest materials: salt and electricity. Vertical integration, industry experts and leaders and product development and performance are key differentiators. Westlake Vinyl Compounds is able to offer a comprehensive product portfolio.
Westlake Vinyl Compounds is a business unit of Westlake Corporation, a leading integrated chemicals and building products company. Headquartered in Houston, Westlake has manufacturing facilities located throughout North America and also in India to provide industry-leading materials and services to customers.
Integration: Fast Facts
Product Types:
- Flexible
- Rigid, CPVC
- Blends / Alloys
- Powder or Pellet form
Formulations:
- Axiall manufactures its own plasticizer
- Thousands of existing recipes with the ability to create new / custom formulas
- Any color imaginable
Capacity:
- Ability to economically accommodate orders ranging from hundreds of pounds to millions of pounds (super sacks, gaylords, bulk trucks or rail cars)
- Surety of supply thanks to multiple plants in multiple locations, including numerous compound-dedicated plants and compounding facilities in Canada and India
Transportation:
- 6,000+ hopper cars in our fleet, more than 300 are vinyl compounds-dedicated
- Access to more than a dozen dry bulk trucking companies across the U.S. and Canada
- Intermodal (truck/rail), less-than-truckload (LTL) and container shipping available