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Ascent Industries Co. Common Stock and Westlake Corporation

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Ascent Industries Co. Common Stock

Ascent Industries Co. an industrials company, produces and sells stainless steel pipe and tube, and specialty chemicals in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Tubular Products and Specialty Chemicals. The Tubular Products segment manufactures and sells welded pipe and tube from stainless steel, duplex, and nickel alloys; and ornamental stainless-steel tubes for the appliance, architectural, automotive and commercial transportation, brewery, chemical, petrochemical, pulp and paper, mining, power generation, water and waste-water treatment, liquid natural gas, food processing, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, and other industries. Its Specialty Chemicals segment produces surfactants, defoamers, lubricating agents, flame retardants, and chemical intermediates, as well as petroleum-derived products and bio-based alternatives for the oil and gas, household, industrial and institutional, personal care, coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers (CASE), pulp and paper, textile, automotive, agricultural, water treatment, construction, and other industries. This segment also provides custom manufacturing services ranging from product development to commercial scale production. The company was formerly known as Synalloy Corporation and changed its name to Ascent Industries Co. in August 2022. Ascent Industries Co. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois.

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Westlake Corporation

Westlake Corporation manufactures and markets performance and essential materials, and housing and infrastructure products in the United States, Canada, Germany, China, Mexico, Brazil, France, Italy, and internationally. The Performance and Essential Materials segment offers ethylene, polyethylene, styrene, chlor-alkali, chlorinated derivative products, ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride monomer, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), epoxy specialty resins, and base epoxy resins and intermediaries. The Housing and Infrastructure Products segment provides residential PVC sidings; PVC trim and mouldings; architectural stone veneers; windows; PVC decking; PVC films for various inflatables, wallcovering, and tape and roofing applications; polymer composite and cement roof tiles; PVC pipes and fittings for various water, sewer, electrical, and industrial applications; and PVC compounds for various housing, medical, and automobile products. This segment also offers consumer and commercial products, such as landscape edging; industrial, home, and office matting; marine dock edging; and masonry joint controls. It offers its products to chemical processors; plastics fabricators; small construction contractors; municipalities; and supply warehouses for use in various consumer and industrial markets, including residential construction, flexible and rigid packaging, automotive products, healthcare products, water treatment, wind turbines, and coatings, as well as other durable and non-durable goods. The company was formerly known as Westlake Chemical Corporation and changed its name to Westlake Corporation in February 2022. Westlake Corporation was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Westlake Corporation is a subsidiary of TTWF LP.

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