Shin-Etsu Chemical

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
Native name	信越化学工業株式会社
Romanized name	Shin'etsu Kagaku Kōgyō kabushiki kaisha
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 4063; NAG: 4063; TOPIX Core30 component;
Industry	Chemicals
Founded	(September 16, 1926; 97 years ago); (as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer)
Headquarters	4-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
Key people	Chihiro Kanagawa; (Chairman); Yasuhiko Saito; (President)
Products	Chemicals; Speciality chemicals; Semiconductor silicon; Electronics and functional materials;
Revenue	$ 13 billion (FY 2017) (JPY 1,441.4 billion) (FY 2017)
Net income	$ 2.4 billion (FY 2017) (JPY 266.2 billion) (FY 2017)
Number of employees	17,892 (as of April 28, 2014)
Website	Official website
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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.^[4]

The company was named one of Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.^[4]

“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.^[5]

References

^ "Company Profile". Retrieved January 21, 2015.
^ "Board of Directors". Retrieved January 21, 2015.
^ "Shin-Etsu: net income 2005-2014". Statista. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Top 100 Global Innovators 2014". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
^ "Berman, Lawrence Sam, (15 May 1928–16 May 2023)", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1, retrieved 2024-02-06

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[1] "Company Profile". Retrieved January 21, 2015.

[2] "Board of Directors". Retrieved January 21, 2015.

[3] "Shin-Etsu: net income 2005-2014". Statista. Retrieved March 16, 2015.

[ThomsonReuters100-4] "Top 100 Global Innovators 2014". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved January 21, 2015.

[5] "Berman, Lawrence Sam, (15 May 1928–16 May 2023)", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1, retrieved 2024-02-06

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