Jeff Holy | Vice President and Treasurer |
Albert Chao | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Steve Bender | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
David Begleiter | Deutsche Bank |
Hassan Ahmed | Alembic Global |
John McNulty | BMO Capital Markets |
Steve Byrne | Bank of America |
Kevin McCarthy | Vertical Research |
Mike Sison | Wells Fargo |
Frank Mitsch | Fermium Research |
John Roberts | UBS |
Aleksey Yefremov | KeyBanc |
Mike Leithead | Barclays |
Angel Castillo | Morgan Stanley |
Arun Viswanathan | RBC Capital |
Peter Yuen | Citibank |
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Westlake Chemical Corporation Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call.
During this presentation all participants will be in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder ladies and gentlemen this conference is being recorded today, August 3, 2021. I would now like to turn the call over to today’s host, Jeff Holy, Westlake’s Vice President and Treasurer.