SHECF - Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

Marunouchi Eiraku Building
4-1, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0005
Japan

https://www.shinetsu.co.jp

Sector(s): Basic Materials
Industry: Chemicals
Full-time employees: 

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Yasuhiko Saitoh	Pres & Representative Director	1.52M	N/A	1955
Mr. Masahiko Todoroki	Sr. Managing CO, GM of Planning & Admn. Dept., GM of Semiconductor Materials Div. and Director	626.56k	N/A	N/A
Mr. Shunzo Mori	Director & Advisor	854.4k	N/A	N/A
Mr. Susumu Ueno	Sr. Managing Corp. Officer, GM of Silicone Division & Director	640.8k	N/A	1943
Mr. Toshiyuki Kasahara	Corp. Officer and Gen. Mang. of Fin. & Accounting Department	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yukihito Adachi	Gen. Mang. of PR Department	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Masaki Miyajima	Managing Corp. Officer & GM of PVC Division	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Fumio Arai	Managing Corp. Officer & GM of Organic Chemicals Division	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yukihiro Matsui	Managing Corp. Officer & GM of Electronics Material Division	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Toshiya Akimoto	Managing Corp. Officer & GM of Office for Digitization and Digitalization	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2022, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. engages in the polyvinyl chloride (PVC)/chlor-alkali, semiconductor silicon, silicones, electronics and functional materials, specialty chemicals, processing, and trading and specialized businesses worldwide. The company operates through Infrastructure Materials; Electronics Materials; Functional Materials; and Processing and Specialized Services segments. It offers PVC- framed windows; electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles; wind power generators, air conditioners, aircrafts, industrial motors, semiconductor silicon used in semiconductors for robots; and cellulose derivative products. The company also offers pipes for water supply and sewerage systems; caustic soda; polyvinyl alcohol; photoresists photomasks blanks; encapsulant materials; rare earth magnets; silicon wafers, LED packaging materials, and synthetic quartz; pellicles; SOLBIN, a copolymer resin; anode material of batteries; and input devices, wafer cases, and wrapping films. The company was formerly known as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. in 1940. The company was incorporated in 1926 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Corporate governance

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 30 May 2023 is 7. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 9; Shareholder rights: 6; Compensation: 1.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.