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Shin-Etsu Chemical

Shin-Etsu Chemical
Company nameShin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
Company typePublic KK (Tyo - 4063)
IndustryChemicals
Founded1926 (as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer)
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Key peopleChihiro Kanagawa, President & CEO
ProductsChemicals
Revenue(+) ¥ 1,376,365 million JPY (FY 2007)
Net income(+) ¥ 183,580 million JPY (FY 2007)
Employees20,241 (2008)

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|} 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.

“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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Shin-Etsu stops production at optical fiber preform plant - evertiq.com Tweet this news
evertiq.com--and -Shin-Etsu Chemical's- Kashima Plant (Kamisu, Ibaraki Pref.), are as follows: "We are implementing inspection procedures and restoration work of the facilities and equipment so that we can initiate the resumption of operatio - Date : Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:15:04 GMT+00:00
Shin-Etsu's Silicon Wafer Factory To Restart Soon - NIKKEI.com Tweet this news
NIKKEI.com--TOKYO (Nikkei)---Shin-Etsu Chemical- Co. (4063) said Monday that it will partially resume production at an earthquake-stricken silicon wafer factory in Fukushima Prefecture within a week or two. The facility owned by subsidiary Shin-Etsu Hando - Date : Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:17:41 GMT+00:00
Toshiba Ups FY Net Profit View To Y135 Billion From Y100 Billion - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--Japanese wafer maker -Shin-Etsu Chemical- Co. said Tuesday that production remains suspended at its Shirakawa plant in Fukushima Prefecture, which alone accounts for 20% of the global supply of silicon chip wafers, according to an est - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:41:24 GMT+00:00
Japan's earthquake didn't hurt Korean industry too badly - JoongAng Daily Tweet this news
JoongAng Daily--Work at factories of -Shin-Etsu Chemical- Co. and Sumco Corp., which account for 60 percent of the world's semiconductor wafer productions, is still suspended. Korea depends on Japan for more than half its procurement of wafers and th - Date : Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:00:36 GMT+00:00
Shin-Etsu Chemical: Trying To Produce More Wafers At Other Plants, Overseas - Fox Business Tweet this news
Fox Business--TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- -Shin-Etsu Chemical- Co. (4063.TO) said Thursday its largest silicon wafer manufacturing plant in northern Japan has been damaged by the March 11 earthquake, and operations remain suspended. ... - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:02:57 GMT+00:00
Shin-Etsu pleads for power; factory stays shut - EETimes.com Tweet this news
EETimes.com--LONDON - The Shin-Etsu Handotai (SEH) Shirakawa plant, said to be responsible for 20 percent of the world's 300-mm silicon wafer supply, has yet to be fully inspected and remains out of action. In a status update parent company -Shin-Ets - Date : Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:22:43 GMT+00:00
Nanya's customer demand to lead to faster price hikes - Taipei Times Tweet this news
Taipei Times--DRAM supply could become tight in the short term as the March 11 earthquake in Japan and subsequent power outages have halted production at -Shin-Etsu Chemical- Co, the world's top silicone wafer supplier, Pai said. “Japan is an impor - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:01:06 GMT+00:00
Japan Earthquake Hit Supplies of Key Chip Materials, BofA Says - Bloomberg Tweet this news
Bloomberg--Quake-induced plant closures at producers of semiconductor wafers including -Shin-Etsu Chemical- Co. and Sumco Corp. (3436) may have led to the temporary loss of 30 percent of global capacity, Merrill Lynch analysts including Daniel Heyler wrot - Date : Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:35:07 GMT+00:00
Wall Street Beat: Markets Recover From Japanese Temblor - PCWorld Tweet this news
PCWorld--One plant at another company, -Shin-Etsu Chemical's- Shirakawa factory, turns out about a fifth of the world's 300-millimeter (12-inch) silicon wafers, a raw material vital to the chip industry because chips are etched directly onto the - Date : Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:31:39 GMT+00:00
REFILE-Japan quake damage seen hitting silicon wafer supply - Reuters Tweet this news
Reuters--Japan's -Shin-Etsu Chemical- , the world's largest maker of the chip substrate, has been forced to halt manufacturing at its largest wafer plant, and has given no time frame for restarting it. MEMC of the United States has also stopped - Date : Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:14:21 GMT+00:00

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