Shin-Etsu Chemical
Headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo | |
Native name | 信越化学工業株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Shin'etsu Kagaku Kōgyō kabushiki kaisha |
| Company type | Public KK |
| Industry | Chemicals |
| Founded | September 16, 1926 (as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer) |
| Headquarters | 4-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan |
Key people | Juzaburo Koto (Founder) Chihiro Kanagawa (Builder of the current business model) Yasuhiko Saito (President) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | $ 21.6 billion (FY 2022) (JPY 2,809 billion) (FY 2022) |
| $ 5.4 billion (FY 2022) (JPY 708.2 billion) (FY 2022) | |
Number of employees | 26,004 (as of 25 April 2024) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references | |
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. Shin-Etsu has the largest global market share for polyvinyl chloride, semiconductor silicon, and photomask substrates.
“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 16 countries worldwide.
Shin-Etsu is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, where it is a component of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX Core 30 indices.