Real Estate

PVC factory will be built in Yucca

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 3:24 PM PDT

HOUSTON - North American Pipe Corporation, a subsidiary of Houston-based Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK), announced March 19 that it will open a new PVC pipe plant in Yucca.

The new plant is expected to begin operations by the first quarter of 2009 and will annually produce approximately 120 million pounds of PVC pipe in its initial phase. With an initial investment of approximately $30 million the plant will add approximately 75 new positions to the local economy.

The facility will produce PVC pipe for the water, sewer, irrigation and related industrial and residential markets in diameters ranging from 2 to 36 inches. When this plant is completed, the company's annual PVC pipe capacity will be increased to approximately 985 million pounds.

Mike Powell, North American Pipe's Vice President and General Manager said, “This new pipe plant is an important part of our integrated vinyls strategy and will allow us to serve our pipe customers from coast-to-coast with a wide array of pipe solutions.”