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When was Shin-Etsu Polymer founded? |
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September 15, 1960. |
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Where is the headquarters located? |
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3-5 Nihonbashi-honcho 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0023
Japan. |
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Do you have any regional offices and overseas
bases? |
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A number of domestic and overseas sales and production
bases including Osaka Branch, Tokyo Plant (Saitama-shi)
and 15 consolidated subsidiaries. For details, see here. |
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How many overseas production bases? |
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Six bases including Malaysia, China, Indonesia,
Holland, Hungary and India. |
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What is your capitalization? |
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11,635 million yen (as of the end of March 2007). |
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Are you listed on a stock exchange? |
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We are listed in the First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange
(Code No. 7970). |
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Who is your major shareholder? |
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Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., owns approx. 53% of the
share (as of the end of March 2010). |
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How many employees do you have? |
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Total for all group companies 4,716 / Independently 630 (as of the end of March 2010). |
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Are you currently hiring? |
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We are hiring accordingly. |
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What is the origin of the corporate name "Shin-Etsu
Polymer"? |
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"Shin-Etsu" indicates that we are one of the
group corporate of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., and the
place of its origin. |
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"Polymer" derives from a polymer compound consisting
of thousands or ten thousands of monomers linked together,
since the corporate was founded as a manufacturer of resin-finished
products (We started our business with processing polyvinyl
chloride resin manufactured by Shin-Etsu Chemical.). But,
it does not indicate any product name. Polyvinyl chloride
resin is one of polymers. Today, we are conducting a wide
range of businesses from the electric and electronics products
to construction materials as a manufacturer using and fabricating
a variety of polymers. |
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Does your corporate logo have any special
meaning? |
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Our logo consists of two trademarks: a symbol mark and
a light mark. Light or Memorable Grow is a symbol of bright
future and human dreams as well as it mean the potential
of Shin-Etsu for dynamic growth in a global scale. Every
Shin-Etsu group companies use this logo. |
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What is the background of the corporate's
founding? |
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Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd., was established as a manufacturer
of resin-finished products, a subsidiary of Shin-Etsu Chemical
Co., Ltd. We at Shin-Etsu Polymer is expected to fully
utilize our advantages that we can cover a complete line
of manufacturing processes from compounding of materials
to resin finishing and to grow dramatically with Shin-Etsu
Chemical by enhancing research and development in both
compounding of materials and resin finishing. |
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What is your major business? |
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We are a manufacturer of resin-finished products featuring
our unique compounding and fabrication processes of various
products such as conductive silicone rubber and polyvinyl
chloride products. We are manufacturing and selling a wide
range of products including keypads for cellular phones
and PCs, mechanical parts such as inter-connectors, automotive
electrical components, office-automation equipment parts,
semiconductor wafer shipping box, packaging materials such
as wrap films, and construction materials such as polyvinyl
chloride pipes. |
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What are the core technologies of Shin-Etsu
Polymer? |
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Our core technologies are the technologies for "Compounding," "Evaluation," "Composition," and "Fabrication" of
various plastic materials including silicone and conductive
materials. |
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What are your major products? |
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Our current major products are "Keypads" for cellular phones and automotive
electronics components and "Wafer Carriers" for transporting
and handling silicon wafers. |
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What are your latest business results (sales
record)? |
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Our consolidated sales amount for the year ended March
31, 2010 (Fiscal year 2010) is 70,181million yen. See
the Latest Financial Information
page. |
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What is the market share of your products? |
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For our major product, the keypad for cellular phones and automotive,
we have a world market top share (estimated
by Shin-Etsu Polymer) and leading this market. |
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What is your domestic market and overseas
market sales ratio? |
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Our sales percentage of the overseas market sales to
the consolidated sales is approx. 36.3% (as of the end of March 2010). |
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How can we request materials or additional
information on Shin-Etsu Polymer? |
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Please use the "Inquiry" form. |
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Do you publish a newsletter or mail magazine? |
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No, not at this time. |
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