Shin-Etsu Chemical

Shin-Etsu Chemical is a leader in the Materials segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain, headquartered in Chiyoda. Its key suppliers include Tokuyama. Its key customers include TSMC, Samsung Electronics, Intel.

World's largest silicon wafer maker and a major photoresist supplier.

Ticker
TSE: 4063
Headquarters
Chiyoda
Founded
1926
Employees
19,206
Revenue
$16.1B (FY2026) · +235.8% YoY
Net income
$3.0B
Operating margin
26.2%
Market position
leader
Value-chain segment
Silicon Wafers, Photoresists & Chemicals
Key products
300mm wafers, photoresists, quartz

About Shin-Etsu Chemical

Shin-Etsu Chemical, headquartered in Japan, operates in the Silicon Wafers and Photoresists & Chemicals segments of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market leader there. Its key products include 300mm wafers, photoresists, quartz. wafergraph maps 1 tracked supplier and 9 tracked customers for Shin-Etsu Chemical across the value chain. It has a supply-chain criticality score of 83/100, with 243 companies downstream of it.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. is the largest chemical company in Japan. Shin-Etsu has the largest global market share for polyvinyl chloride, semiconductor silicon, and photomask substrates.

Role in the chain

Shin-Etsu Chemical is a market leader in Materials (Silicon Wafers), headquartered in Japan. World's largest silicon wafer maker and a major photoresist supplier.

Diligence questions

  1. The dataset records 1 tracked supplier for Shin-Etsu Chemical. Which of those edges are researched (named in a filing or primary source) versus segment-inferred, and what happens if one of them stops shipping?
  2. The dataset names 9 tracked customers for Shin-Etsu Chemical. How concentrated is demand among those names, and which of them have a documented second source in this graph?
  3. Shin-Etsu Chemical is positioned as a leader in Materials. How replaceable is this vendor on the process step you are buying?
  4. Shin-Etsu Chemical is headquartered in Japan. What jurisdiction, export-control or logistics risk sits at that HQ, versus at the fabs or plants the filings actually name?
  5. Shin-Etsu Chemical trades as TSE:4063. What does the latest reported period say about capacity and backlog versus the graph position above?
  6. Before treating any edge as a verified relationship, check the provenance labels on the company page and the method note at /methodology.

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Key products

  • 300mm wafers
  • photoresists
  • quartz

Suppliers

Customers

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Sources

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Cite as: wafergraph, “Shin-Etsu Chemical — supply chain, financials & market position”, https://wafergraph.com/company/shin_etsu (data as of 2026-09-05).

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