About Us

Thank you for visiting the new Westlake Global Compounds website.  Westlake Global Compounds is a combined organization from the Westlake Compounds group, formerly Georgia Gulf/Axiall, and Ivy Group/Nakan, which Westlake acquired earlier in 2019. 

Westlake Global Compounds is a global compounding business with facilities worldwide in China, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, the United States and Vietnam; as well as a stabilizer plant in Japan and a world-class research facility in France and 8 application laboratories.

At Westlake Global Compounds, we have a passion for working to excel our customer needs through superior technology, product quality and operating excellence.  Our determination to seek solutions that change lives and sustain our planet has driven us to be a leading integrated compound company in the world.  Our local teams combine personal attention with the expertise, geographical footprint and financial resources of a global leader – all to benefit you, our customers.

I hope that you enjoy learning more about Westlake Global Compounds and we look forward to working with you!

Renee Havrilla
Vice President, Westlake Global Compounds

Global Compounds Organization Leadership Team

Renee Havrilla 
Vice President Compounds

Eric Schumacher  
Building and Construction and Consumer Goods - AMERICAS 

Jose-Ramon Fernandez 
Building and Construction and Consumer Goods - EMEA

Nguyen Ngoc Vinh  
Building and Construction and Consumer Goods - ASIA

Luca Rossetti
Global Healthcare Business

Peter Weiler 
Global Automotive Business

Bridget Confait-Smith
Global Research, Innovation, Catalyse, and Sustainability

Fabrice Dal Maso 
Global Strategic Planning

David Gle
Global Operations