Westlake Vinyls Inc

Goodrich corp 518 f.

Westlake vinyls inc.

Westlake vinyls inc no. Vinyl chloride monomer production with a combined capacity of more than 952k metric tons year and 46 of the company s. In addition the company s chlor alkali capacity ranks second largest in the world. The company s pvc capacity ranks as second largest globally.

2d 918 927 w d. Penalty and failure to abate event history. Vinyls westlake vinyl resin products are the key ingredients to making some of the world s most prevalent items including. 5 17 cv 157 tbr 2018 wl 2437241 w d.

Residential siding pipe and fittings for various water sewer and industrial applications pvc profiles for windows doors fence and decking along with films for various inflatables wallcovering tapes and roofing applications. 5 18 cv 182 tbr kemble smith plaintiff v. The company produces pvc plastic materials and resins used in residential siding pipe and fittings for various water sewer and. Westlake s vinyls chemicals rank as the number one global leader in specialty pvc.

Liquid caustic soda 20 membrane grade. After that designation goodrich sold the plants to westlake in two separate transactions one in 1990 the other in 1997. Type event date penalty abatement type fta insp. According to s p global platts the shutdown idles 38 of westlake s u s.

The current dispute arises from the 2007 settlement agreement in which the parties agreed to resolve litigation related to environmental liabilities arising on or before july 31 2007 and to arbitrate the allocation of certain environmental costs. Goodrich and westlake executed asset transfer agreements requiring that 1 goodrich indemnify westlake for environmental costs.