| 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 |
| Type: | Public KK |
| Foundation: | (as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer) |
| Location: | 4-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan |
| Key People: | Chihiro Kanagawa (Chairman) Yasuhiko Saito (President) |
| Industry: | Chemicals |
| 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) |
| Num Employees: | 17,892 (as of April 28, 2014) |
| Footnotes: | [1] [2] [3] |
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.