Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

Company Overview

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. is a supplier of a wide range of chemicals, including PVC, chlor-alkali, silicones, specialty chemicals, electronic materials, processed plastics and semiconductor silicon wafers. The company has manufacturing operations in Japan and worldwide.

Shin-Etsu offers 300 mm wafers and epitaxial wafers, which are used in a wide range of semiconductor solutions. It provides compound semiconductor wafers: gallium phosphide, aluminum gallium indium phosphide and GaAs. The company claims to be able to manufacture 300 mm wafers with heights up to 1 m. It started mass production of 300 mm wafers in 2001 through its Shin-Etsu Handotai (SEH) division. The 300 mm lineup consists of standard, laser direct cleaving (LDC) and near-perfect crystal (NPC) wafers. The company also supplies IG-NANA wafers for memory and logic device applications.

Shin-Etsu provides thin-film SOI wafers in 150 mm, 200 mm and 300 mm diameter dimensions with film thicknesses of 50 nm to 100 nm and thick-film SOI wafers in 125 mm, 150 mm and 200 mm diameter dimensions with film thicknesses of 1.5 microns and above.

Financial Highlights (FY 2025)

Company's Business Segments

• Infrastructure Materials : This segment offers Polyvinyl chloride resin, Caustic soda, Methanol, Chloromethanes, and Poval.
• Electronics Materials : This segment provides Semiconductor silicon, Rare earth magnets, Semiconductor encapsulating materials, LED packaging materials, Photoresists, Photomask blanks, and Synthetic quartz products.
• Functional Materials : This segment includes Silicones, Cellulose derivatives, Silicon metal, Synthetic pheromones, Vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, Liquid fluoroelastomers, and Pellicles.
• Processing & Specialized Services : This segment provides processed plastics, export of technologies and plants, import and export of products, and engineering.