From the establishement of the first Shin-Etsu company in 1926, Shin-Etsu developed into a mayor chemical industry, having over 100 companies over the world.
In September 1960, Shin-Etsu Chemical founded Shin-Etsu Polymer as a 100% subsidiary, to produce various parts and compounds based on Shin-Etsu Chemical raw materials.
Early Period
In the early days of Shin-Etsu Polymer, a network of factories and sales organization was settled in Japan to service customers.
An overview of activity in the period 1960 – 1980.
| Sep 1960 | Founded as 100% subsidiary of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.,Ltd. |
| Apr 1961 | Established Tokyo Plant in Omiya, Saitama Prefecture |
| Jun 1963 | Opened Osaka Branch, Nagoya Branch and Fukuoka Branch |
| Sep 1963 | The Honorable Prince Akihito (Present The Emperor) visited Tokyo Plant |
| Feb 1965 | Established Product Research Center |
| Jul 1966 | Established Shin-Etsu Unit Co., Ltd. |
| Jan 1968 | Opened Sapporo Office |
| Dec 1969 | Established Urawa Polymer Co., Ltd. |
| Apr 1970 | Established Nanyo Plant in Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Sep 1971 | Established SAN-ACE, Co., Ltd. |
| Nov 1972 | Established Polymer East Japan Co., Ltd. |
| Dec 1973 | Established Shinano Polymer Co., Ltd. |
| Jan 1974 | Established Niigata Polymer Co., Ltd. |
| Oct 1974 | Opened Sendai Office |
| Nov 1975 | Established Polymer Chemicals Co., Ltd. |
Global Organization
From 1980, Shin-Etsu Polymer started to settle international organizations that grew into a global network.
| Feb 1981 | Established Shin-Etsu Polymer America, Inc. |
| Dec 1983 | Listed Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Second Section |
| Sep 1985 | Listed Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section Established Research & Development(R&D) Center at Tokyo Plant |
| Jun 1986 | Established Shin-Etsu Polymer Europe B.V. in The Netherlands |
| Oct 1986 | 81 of Shin-Etsu Group companies started New Corporate Identity (CI) |
| Oct 1988 | Established Shin-Etsu Polymer (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. |
| Mar 1989 | Established Kodama Plant in Saitama Prefecture |
| Apr 1992 | Opened Nagano Office |
| Apr 1993 | Opened Singapore Branch |
| Oct 1993 | Established Suzhou Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd. in China |
| Apr 1994 | Opened Hong Kong Branch Established Engineering & Technical Institute |
| Feb 1996 | Opened Shin-Etsu Polymer America, Inc.’s Atlanta Branch |
| Jul 1996 | Established Shin-Etsu Polymer Mexico, S.A. de C.V. in Reynosa, Mexico Opened Shin-Etsu Polymer America, Inc.’s McAllen Distribution Center |
| Nov 1997 | Established P.T. Shin-Etsu Polymer Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Nov 1998 | Established Kodama R&D Center |
| Jan 1999 | Established Shin-Etsu Polymer Shanghai Co., Ltd. |
| Oct 1999 | Opened Shin-Etsu Polymer America, Inc.’s Detroit Sales Office |
| May 2001 | Launched “New KSK” Corporate Management Strategy Plan |
| Oct 2001 | Established Second Plant of Suzhou Shin-Etsu Polymer, China Established Second Building of No. 2 Plant at Shin-Etsu Polymer (Malaysia) Opened Chugoku Office in Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Apr 2002 | Reorganization started from 7 to 3 business departments Established Kodama Research Institute |
| Sep 2003 | Reorganized corporate’s R&D Center |
| Oct 2003 | Established Shin-Etsu Polymer Hungary Kft. |
| Apr 2004 | Merged Polymer East Japan Co., Ltd. and Polymer Chemicals Co., Ltd. and established Shin-Etsu Finetech Co., Ltd. Established No.4 Plant of Niigata Polymer Co., Ltd. |
| Jul 2005 | Established Shin-Etsu Polymer Hong Kong Co., Ltd. |
| Aug 2005 | Established Shin-Etsu Polymer Singapore Pte. Ltd. |
| Oct 2005 | Established Shin-Etsu Polymer India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Apr 2011 | Established Dongguan Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd. |
| Apr 2012 | Shin-Etsu Finetech Co., Ltd. merged with Shin-Etsu Unit Co., Ltd. |
| Jun 2012 | Reorganized corporate’s Technology Development Headquarters |
| Feb 2014 | Established Shin-Etsu Polymer (Thailand) Ltd. |
| Apr 2014 | Abolished business unit-based organization and reorganized into a function-based organization |
| Feb 2016 | Shin-Etsu Polymer Vietnam Co., Ltd. established |
| Apr 2016 | Reorganized the Technology & Production Unit into the Development Unit and the Production Unit |
| Apr 2017 | Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd. merged with Shinano Polymer Co., Ltd. , Niigata Polymer Co., Ltd. , Urawa Polymer Co., Ltd. and SAN-ACE Co., Ltd. Established Shiojiri Plant,Nagano Branch and Itoigawa Plant |
| Jan 2019 | Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd. acquired 100% ownership of Hymix Co., Ltd. in Thailand |