Westlake Chemical Resumes Planning for Geismar Expansion

SUGAR LAND--September 10, 2010--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE:WLK) (Houston, Texas) was considering a major expansion involving the addition of a new chlor-alkali unit at the company's plant in Geismar, Louisiana, but the recent recession but put those plans on hold in 2008.