Westlake Corporation (WLK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Westlake Corporation second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's remarks, you will be invited to participate in a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star 11 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. As a reminder, ladies and gentlemen, this conference is being recorded today, August 4th, 2026. I would now like to turn the call over to today's host, Jeff Hawley, Westlake's Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Sir, you may now begin. Thank you, Dana. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Westlake Corporation conference call to discuss our second quarter 2026 results. I'm joined today by Albert Chao, our Executive Chairman, Jean-Marc Gilson, our President and CEO, John Bocht, our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Steve Bender, our Special Advisor to the President, and other members of our management team. During the call, we will refer to our two reporting segments, Performance and Essential Materials, which we refer to as PEM or Materials, and Housing and Infrastructure Products, which we refer to as HIP or products. Today's conference call will begin with Jean-Marc, who will open with a few comments regarding Westlake's second quarter performance. Jean will then discuss our financial and operating results, after which Jean-Marc will add a few concluding comments and will open the call up to questions. References to income from operations, EBITDA, Net income and earnings per share on this call exclude the financial impact of the identified items. As such, comments made ...