# Shin-Etsu Chemical to invest ¥110 billion in silicones business capacity expansion

Shin-Etsu Chemical will invest approximately ¥110 billion to expand production capacity for silicone monomer and end products at existing bases in Japan, Thailand, and six other countries. The investment will be implemented in stages over about 2.5 years.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2018-09-03
- Where: Japan and Thailand (monomer); Japan and six overseas countries (end products), Japan
- Value: $990.0M (110.0B JPY)
- Status: announced
- Products: silicone monomer, silicone fluids, silicone resins, silicone rubber
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Shin-Etsu Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/25085.md)

## Sources

- [shinetsu.co.jp](https://www.shinetsu.co.jp/en/news/news-release/shin-etsu-chemical-to-make-%C2%A5110-billion-facility-investment-in-its-silicones-business/), 2018-09-03: "Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. will implement close to ¥110 billion in facility investments for its silicones business, one of its main businesses."
- [ismr.net](https://ismr.net/silicones-spotlight), 2018-09-20: "Shin-Etsu is investing ¥110 billion (US$982.2 million) in facilities for its silicones business over a period of 2.5 years."

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