HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today announced that it will expand capacities for the production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) at ...

After months of wrangling, Axiall has accepted a sweetened all-cash $3.8 billion takeover offer from rival Westlake Chemical that will create the second-largest PVC producer in North America. The deal ...

A paper available through Nature.com describes a newly developed recycling technique for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic scrap. The paper’s four authors say the technique can be used to chemically ...

Results from a two-phase study released by the Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ), a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing environmental health harms caused by chemical threats, ...

Tankers of vinyl chloride were going halfway across the country, government records show, a trip highlighting the risks of transporting chemicals as plastics production grows. By Hiroko Tabuchi See ...

The Vinnolit acquisition includes six production facilities located in Burghausen, Gendorf, Cologne, Knapsack and Schkopau in Germany and Hillhouse in the United Kingdom. These operations have a ...