The loan from the European Investment Bank will be used to finance research and development activities at the company, which firmly integrated sustainability into all elements of its corporate strategy in 2022.
"We delivered significant year-over-year cash flow improvement in 2023, including a strong fourth quarter finish, which underscores our ongoing prioritization of working capital management," said Ed Breen, DuPont Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Highlights of the report include a 12% volume growth and 5.5% value growth in the company's Decorative Business segment in addition to showing a consistent double-digit volume growth trend on a four-year CGR basis.
In the third-quarter of 2023, Westlake achieved quarterly net sales of $3.1 billion, quarterly net income of $285 million and quarterly EBITDA (earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization) of $682 million.
Consolidated sales in Q2/2023 totaled 269,232 million KRW, gross profit margin was 8.3%-points lower in Q2/2023 than in Q2/2022, and net profit in Q2/2023 was 11,956 million KRW.