Shin-Etsu Chemical
Shin- Etsu Chemical (Japanese信 越 化学 工业 株式会社, Shin'etsu Kagaku Kabushiki - Kōgyō gaisha ) is the largest Japanese companies in the chemical sector and the world's largest producer of polyvinyl chloride and silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry. Shin- Etsu Chemical now has production facilities in 17 countries and consists of 113 companies worldwide.
History
The company was founded on 18 September 1926 as Shin'etsu Chisso KK Hiryō (信 越 窒 素 肥料 株式会社, dt " nitrogen fertilizer Shin'etsu ", engl. Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer ) was founded. In 1940 it received its present name, which is derived from the name of the Shin'etsu region, which consists of the old province of Shinano and Echigo.
Products
- PVC / chlor-alkali electrolysis (34 % of sales)
- Silicon wafer (20%)
- Silicone (12%)
- Electronics & Functional Materials: synthetic quartz, rare earths (18 % of sales)
- Specialty chemicals (8%)
- Rest (8%)
Shintech
The American subsidiary Shintech is the largest PVC manufacturer in the U.S. with a market share of 36 %. Shintech has plants in Addis (30 ° 19 ' 38 "N, 91 ° 15' 23" W30.32722 - 91.25639 ) and Plaquemine (30 ° 16 ' 24 "N, 91 ° 10' 24 " W30.27332 - 91.17329 ) Louisiana, and Freeport (Texas ) (28 ° 59 ' 31 " N, 95 ° 21' 20" W28.99198 - 95.35556 ). For 2015 Shintech is planning a production of 2.95 million tonnes of polyvinyl chloride per year.
SE Tylose
In Germany, the Group is represented by the SE Tylose. The company was formed initially from a spin-off from the Swiss Clariant. The cellulose ethers business in the industrial park Kalle -Albert, which existed at this location since 1935, it took over Shin- Etsu in 2004 for a purchase price of 241 million euro. The etymology of the brand name is traceable to the "ty " of ethyl, methyl, etc., and the suffix " less" of cellulose. The SE Tylose 500 employees in 2007.
The acquisition and development in Germany of the Shin -Etsu Group has become one of the most important cellulose ether manufacturer in the world. The Celluloseethersparte the chemical company is a leader among the methyl cellulose manufacturers and major market participants with hydroxyethyl cellulose and other chemical specialties on the basis of renewable raw " cellulose ". The German subsidiary SE Tylose manufactures and markets various water-soluble cellulose ethers under the original brand name Kalle Tylose ®. The company supplies the manufacturing industry with appropriate adjuvants (materials and coatings industry, chemical industry, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and food industry).
This means that sales of Shin- Etsu was doubled with cellulose ether products. There was a capacity expansion in the amount of 100 million euros by 2006. This included 80 million euros for the new production plant. 30 million euros were also the operator of the industrial park invested for the associated infrastructure, such as the expansion of energy supply and the biological wastewater treatment plant.
In 2009, the company its production increased by a further 10,000 tonnes per year ( 20%) and thus built up a second location for the production of pharmaceutical excipients in Europe. This construction was accelerated by an explosion and subsequent fire at the production facilities in Naoetsu ( Joetsu City ) on 20 March 2007.