Westlake Chemical today announced it would spend $330 million to expand ethylene capacity and make other capital improvements at its Lake Charles, La., facility. Westlake said the expansion would increase the facility’s ethylene capacity by 250 million pounds per year and would be complete in late 2015 or early 2016. Westlake will add 25 new direct jobs and create 1,000 construction jobs at peak activity.
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