Westlake Growth & Investment Strategy
Major Capital Investment Opportunities
100
Continuous
Improvement & Digital
Savings
⚫ Al and machine learning investments to optimize plant operations
and logistics
•
Plant maintenance optimization through Al, machine learning and
digitalization
.
Robotics to automate processes
Capacity Additions
⚫ EDC, VCM and PVC debottlenecks significantly below USGC
brownfield capital cost
• Leverages strength of caustic and PVC chain independently and
expands reach of low cost energy advantage
Expect ROCE greater than 15% over the cycle
Automating New HIP
Production Capacity
• Increasing automating packaging and logistics
• Expanding windows production with investments to improve
manufacturing practices
.
Driving production maximization mindset from PEM to HIP
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