Shin-Etsu Chemical

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

Native name	信越化学工業株式会社
Type	Public KK
Traded as	: : 4063
Industry	Chemicals
Founded	(September 16, 1926; 90 years ago (1926-09-16)) (as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer)
Headquarters	6-1, Ohtemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan
Key people	Chihiro Kanagawa (Chairman) Shunzo Mori (President)
Products	Chemicals Speciality chemicals Semiconductor silicon Electronics and functional materials
Revenue	$ 11.3 billion (FY 2013) (Y 1,165.8 billion) (FY 2013)
Net income	$ 1.1 billion (FY 2013) (Y 113.6 billion) (FY 2013)
Number of employees	17,892 (as of April 28, 2014)
Website	Official website
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$ 11.3 billion (FY 2013)

$ 1.1 billion (FY 2013)

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (信越化学工業株式会社, Shin'etsu Kagaku Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha^?) 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.

Shin-Etsu splits its business into three distinct groups:

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