Shin-Etsu Chemical

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Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
Native name
信越化学工業株式会社
Shin'etsu Kagaku Kōgyō kabushiki kaisha
Company typePublic KK
IndustryChemicals
Founded(September 16, 1926; 97 years ago (1926-09-16))
(as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer)
Headquarters4-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
Key people
Chihiro Kanagawa
(Chairman)
Yasuhiko Saito
(President)
Products
RevenueIncrease $ 13 billion (FY 2017) (JPY 1,441.4 billion) (FY 2017)
Increase $ 2.4 billion (FY 2017) (JPY 266.2 billion) (FY 2017)
Number of employees
17,892 (as of April 28, 2014)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
Rotterdam-Botlek, Shin Etsu (vinyl chloride monomer production plant)

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (信越化学工業株式会社, Shin'etsu Kagaku Kōgyō kabushiki kaisha) is the largest chemical company in Japan, ranked No. 9 in Forbes Global 2000 for chemical sector. Shin-Etsu has the largest global market share for polyvinyl chloride, semiconductor silicon, and photomask substrates.

The company was named one of Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

“Shin-Etsu” in the company's name derives from Shin'etsu Region, where the company established the first chemical plant as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer in 1926, though the company today is headquartered in Tokyo and has its manufacturing locations in 14 countries worldwide.



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