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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) showcased its integrated exterior solutions at the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2026 in San Diego.
At booth #1627, architects explored stone, siding, trim and roofing systems, plus digital tools like TrendLine and the AI-powered Design Canvas visualization platform.
Westlake (NYSE: WLK) completed the acquisition of a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) production site in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, through its subsidiary Westlake Vinnolit.
The Wilhelmshaven plant can produce 380,000 metric tons of PVC per year, expands Westlake’s global chlorovinyls footprint across Europe and North America, and benefits from deep-water dock logistics on Germany’s North Sea coast.
Westlake (NYSE: WLK) declared a regular $0.53 per share dividend for the first quarter of 2026. The dividend is payable on June 11, 2026 to shareholders of record on May 27, 2026.
Westlake reports paying and increasing dividends for 22 years, while noting future dividends are subject to risks and uncertainties.
Westlake Chemical Partners LP (NYSE: WLKP) reported Q1 2026 net income attributable to the Partnership of $14.2 million ($0.40/unit) and declared a quarterly distribution of $0.4714 per unit, the 47th consecutive quarter. Cash flows from operations were $110.2 million; MLP distributable cash flow was $17.9 million and trailing twelve-month coverage was 1.00x.
Year-over-year increases were driven by higher production and sales volume following Petro 1 turnaround; company cites stronger third-party ethylene prices after Middle East tensions.
Westlake (NYSE: WLK) reported Q1 2026 net sales of $2.7B, a net loss attributable of $169M (loss per diluted share $1.31), and EBITDA of $150M. Identified Items totaled $85M (litigation settlement and shutdown charges); EBITDA excluding Identified Items was $235M.
Cash used in operations was $94M, capex was $209M, cash and investments were $2.5B, and total debt was $5.6B. HIP volume rose; PEM faced lower prices and footprint optimization impacts.
Westlake Chemical Partners LP (NYSE:WLKP) declared a quarterly distribution of $0.4714 per unit, payable on June 1, 2026 to unitholders of record as of May 14, 2026. This is the Partnership's 47th quarterly distribution. The notice is a qualified Treasury Regulation 1.1446-4(b) notice and advises that 100% of distributions to non-U.S. investors are treated as effectively connected income and are subject to federal withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
Westlake Epoxy (NYSE: WLK) announced its Deer Park, Texas plant achieved ISCC PLUS certification for liquid and solid epoxy resins and liquid epoxy blends on May 4, 2026. Customers in North America can now access ISCC+ mass balance‑attributed renewable‑feedstock epoxy resins.
This expands the EpoVIVE™ mass balance offering alongside the Duisburg, Germany site, while maintaining the same quality and specifications as standard epoxy resins.
BlueLinx (NYSE: BXC) launched TruExterior Siding and Trim by Westlake Royal Building Products across 12 BlueLinx markets on April 30, 2026.
The rollout covers 12 locations including six top‑50 U.S. metros and aims to broaden access to poly‑ash, moisture‑resistant siding and trim for growing residential construction regions.
Westlake (NYSE: WLK) will release first quarter 2026 earnings before market open on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 and will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. ET the same day.
Phone pre-registration with a unique PIN is required; a live webcast and replay will be available and the earnings release will be posted on the company's investor web page.
Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE: WLKP) will release first quarter 2026 earnings before market open on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 and will host a conference call at 1:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. CT the same day. The call requires phone pre-registration and will be available live and as a replay via webcast. The earnings release will be posted on the company's investor website.