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98 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1926-09-16</span>)</span>)<br />(as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">4-1, <a href="/wiki/Marunouchi" title="Marunouchi">Marunouchi</a> 1-chome, <a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda-ku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> 100-0005, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Chihiro Kanagawa<br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">Chairman</a>)</small><br />Yasuhiko Saito<br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">President</a>)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chemicals" class="mw-redirect" title="Chemicals">Chemicals</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Speciality_chemicals" title="Speciality chemicals">Speciality chemicals</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wafer_(electronics)" title="Wafer (electronics)">Semiconductor silicon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Semiconductor" title="Semiconductor">Electronics and functional materials</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/US_dollar" class="mw-redirect" title="US dollar">$</a> 13 billion (<a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">FY</a> 2017) (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">JPY</a> 1,441.4 billion) (FY 2017)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $ 2.4 billion (FY 2017) (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">JPY</a> 266.2 billion) (FY 2017)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">17,892 (as of April 28, 2014)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shinetsu.co.jp">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Footnotes / references</b><br /><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rotterdam-Botlek,_Shin_Etsu_(fabriek_voor_het_produceren_van_vinylchloridemonomeer)_IMG_2507_2022-07-11_12.34.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Rotterdam-Botlek%2C_Shin_Etsu_%28fabriek_voor_het_produceren_van_vinylchloridemonomeer%29_IMG_2507_2022-07-11_12.34.jpg/265px-Rotterdam-Botlek%2C_Shin_Etsu_%28fabriek_voor_het_produceren_van_vinylchloridemonomeer%29_IMG_2507_2022-07-11_12.34.jpg" decoding="async" width="265" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Rotterdam-Botlek%2C_Shin_Etsu_%28fabriek_voor_het_produceren_van_vinylchloridemonomeer%29_IMG_2507_2022-07-11_12.34.jpg/398px-Rotterdam-Botlek%2C_Shin_Etsu_%28fabriek_voor_het_produceren_van_vinylchloridemonomeer%29_IMG_2507_2022-07-11_12.34.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Rotterdam-Botlek%2C_Shin_Etsu_%28fabriek_voor_het_produceren_van_vinylchloridemonomeer%29_IMG_2507_2022-07-11_12.34.jpg/530px-Rotterdam-Botlek%2C_Shin_Etsu_%28fabriek_voor_het_produceren_van_vinylchloridemonomeer%29_IMG_2507_2022-07-11_12.34.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5342" data-file-height="3266" /></a><figcaption>Rotterdam-Botlek, Shin Etsu (vinyl chloride monomer production plant)</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">信越化学工業株式会社</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Shin'etsu Kagaku Kōgyō kabushiki kaisha</i></span>)</span> is the largest <a href="/wiki/Chemical_industry" title="Chemical industry">chemical</a> company in Japan, ranked No. 9 in <a href="/wiki/Forbes_Global_2000" title="Forbes Global 2000">Forbes Global 2000</a> for chemical sector. Shin-Etsu has the largest global <a href="/wiki/Market_share" title="Market share">market share</a> for <a href="/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride" title="Polyvinyl chloride">polyvinyl chloride</a>, <a href="/wiki/Semiconductor" title="Semiconductor">semiconductor</a> <a href="/wiki/Silicon" title="Silicon">silicon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Photomask" title="Photomask">photomask</a> substrates.<sup id="cite_ref-ThomsonReuters100_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ThomsonReuters100-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company was named one of <a href="/wiki/Thomson_Reuters" title="Thomson Reuters">Thomson Reuters</a> Top 100 Global Innovators in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-ThomsonReuters100_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ThomsonReuters100-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>“Shin-Etsu” in the company's name derives from <a href="/wiki/Shin%27etsu_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Shin'etsu Region">Shin'etsu Region</a>, where the company established the first chemical plant as <b>Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer</b> in 1926, though the company today is headquartered in Tokyo and has its manufacturing locations in 16 countries worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shin-Etsu_Chemical&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1926–1999"><span id="1926.E2.80.931999"></span>1926–1999</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shin-Etsu_Chemical&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1926–1999"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer Co., Ltd. was founded in 1926 and in 1927 the Naoetsu plant was constructed for the production of <a href="/wiki/Carbide" title="Carbide">carbide</a> and lime <a href="/wiki/Fertilizer" title="Fertilizer">nitrogen fertilizer</a>. In 1938 the first facility of the Gunma Complex was established. The company changed its name to Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. in 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1945 the company expanded with the construction of the Takefu plant.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1949, the company shares were listed on the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange" title="Tokyo Stock Exchange">Tokyo stock exchange</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first <a href="/wiki/Silicone" title="Silicone">silicone</a> production facilities were set up in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shin-Etsu established Nissin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. in 1955, which was followed by the establishment of Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd. in 1960 and two years later the Shin-Etsu Astech Co., Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Kashima plant was constructed in 1970 and the following year the company headquarters relocated to the Asahi Seimei Otemachi Building in <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctemachi" title="Ōtemachi">Ohtemachi</a>, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. In 1972, Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd. was established.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973 the first company in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a> was established, Shintech, Inc.,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the first in <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, S.E.H. Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Production at the Shintech Freeport plant began in 1976, and that same year the PVC & Polymer Materials Research Center and the Silicone Electronics Materials Research Center were established.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two more companies were established in the U.S. in 1985, K-Bin, Inc. (U.S.A.)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Shin-Etsu Silicones of America, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Expansion in <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a> and Taiwan followed with Shin-Etsu Silicone Korea Co., Ltd. in 1986<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Shin-Etsu Silicone Taiwan Co., Ltd. in 1987. In 1988, the company set up an Advanced Functional Materials Research Center and established Shin-Etsu (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996 Shin-Etsu acquired the Australian company Simcoa Operations Pty. Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997, they launched its photoresists business and began production at the Naoetsu Plant in <a href="/wiki/Niigata_Prefecture" title="Niigata Prefecture">Niigata Prefecture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–present"><span id="2000.E2.80.93present"></span>2000–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shin-Etsu_Chemical&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2000–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Construction of the first phase of the Shintech Addis plant was completed in 2000, and the second in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company set up Asia Silicones Monomer Ltd. and Shin-Etsu Silicones Ltd. in Thailand during 2001 and in 2002, Shin-Etsu Chemical established Zhejiang Shin-Etsu High-Tech Chemical Co., Ltd in the Zhejiang Province of China for the production of silicon products. 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Lines">MOL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS%26AD_Insurance_Group" title="MS&AD Insurance Group">MS&AD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_UFJ_Financial_Group" title="Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group">MUFG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murata_Manufacturing" title="Murata Manufacturing">Murata Manufacturing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NEC" title="NEC">NEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nexon" title="Nexon">Nexon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Electric_Glass" title="Nippon Electric Glass">NEG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGK_Insulators" title="NGK Insulators">NGK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nichirei" title="Nichirei">Nichirei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikon" title="Nikon">Nikon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Express" title="Nippon Express">Nippon Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Kayaku" title="Nippon Kayaku">Nippon Kayaku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Light_Metal" title="Nippon Light Metal">Nippon Light Metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Ham" title="Nippon Ham">Nippon Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Paper_Industries" title="Nippon Paper Industries">Nippon Paper Industries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Soda" title="Nippon Soda">Nippon Soda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissan" title="Nissan">Nissan Motor Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissan_Chemical_Corporation" title="Nissan Chemical Corporation">Nissan Chemical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisshin_Seifun_Group" title="Nisshin Seifun Group">Nisshin Seifun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisshin_Steel" class="mw-redirect" title="Nisshin Steel">Nisshin Steel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissui" title="Nissui">Nissui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitto_Boseki" title="Nitto Boseki">Nittobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitto_Denko" title="Nitto Denko">Nitto Denko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sompo_Japan_Nipponkoa_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings">Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings</a></li> <li><a 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