- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan · East Asia
- Value chain
- Advanced materials(Inputs)
- What that means
- Supplies engineered solid materials: fibres and composites, alloys and powders, wafers and substrates, magnets, nanomaterials, ceramics, isotopes and battery materials.
- Founded
- 1926
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- TSE:4063 on Google Finance
- Website
- shinetsu.co.jp
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Superconducting, Magnetic & Photonic Materials
Tokyo, JapanIn 4 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing · Manufacture · listed #1 of 50
Major producer of sintered NdFeB and SmCo rare-earth magnets, synthetic quartz for optical-fibre preforms, and lithium tantalate/niobate photonic crystals; a top international patent applicant in this field.
Relevance: Major rare-earth magnet and photonic materials producer
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Equipment & materials · listed #6 of 50
World's largest silicon wafer producer (via Shin-Etsu Handotai) and a leading supplier of photoresists and photomask blanks.
Relevance: Largest silicon wafer and major photoresist supplier
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing · Equipment & materials · listed #9 of 50
World leader in silicones, silicon wafers and photoresists; silicone coatings and functional resins are core to engineered surfaces.
Relevance: World leader in silicones and functional materials
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Equipment & materials · listed #13 of 50
World's largest supplier of 300mm silicon wafers, and a major supplier of photoresists and photomask blanks.
Relevance: Largest silicon wafer and photoresist supplier