12 March 2015
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Production capacity increases planned for
silicone monomer and silicone polymer
plants in Thailand
began global production of silicone monomer by establishing
Asia Silicones Monomer Ltd. (ASM)
in Thailand as a joint-venture company with
General Electric Company (GE) in 2001.
In 2013, Shin-Etsu acquired the total shares held by GE,
making ASM a wholly owned Shin-Etsu Group company.
At the same time, using the raw material of silicone monomer
supplied by ASM,
Shin-Etsu Silicones (Thailand),
is manufacturing silicone polymer,
an end-product, at a manufacturing facility
located on land adjacent to the ASM plant.
With the implementation of this new expansion plan,
Shin-Etsu Chemical will increase
the silicone monomer plant’s production capacity
by 50% from the present annual production of
70,000 ton to 105,000 tons.
At the same time,
Shin-Etsu will increase its
silicone polymer production capacity by about 40%
– from 54,000 tons to 74,000 tons.
Construction of this expansion project
is scheduled to be completed in 2017, and
the investment amount is estimated to be
about ¥20 billion.
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