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.