Westlake (WLK) 10-K 2004 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Westlake Chemical Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Albert Chao, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and I, Ruth I. Dreessen, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, to the best of our knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material aspects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: March 16, 2005	/s/ Albert Chao
	Albert Chao
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: March 16, 2005	/s/ Ruth I. Dreessen
	Ruth I. Dreessen
	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial Officer)