Westlake Growth & Investment Strategy
PEM's Economic Engine
Performance &
Essential
Materials
Core Market
Drivers
Organic Growth
Enhancers
Globally advantaged • Investing in superior
low-cost position
drives margin
strength and stability
Vertically integrated
with leading market
positions
• Favorable supply and
demand dynamics
• Specialty focus with
higher and more
stable margins
.
in-house R&D
• Leveraging global
sales team
• Vertical /
•
Downstream
integration
Brownfield
expansions
Inorganic Growth
Opportunities
• Penetrating new
and sustainable
end markets and
adjacencies through
acquisitions
• Acquisitions of
technology plays and
patents with strong
R&D capabilities
• Disciplined and
opportunistic
assessment of
M&A opportunities
.
Margin Enhancers
• Investing in
automation and
digitization
• Shifting mix to higher
growth and higher
margin specialty and
downstream
applications
.
Financial Outputs
ROCE above peers
• EBITDA margin
above peers
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