Shin-Etsu Production Sites Remain Shut

Shin-Etsu Chemical says that the company’s production sites that were affected by the powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan on March 11 have not started functioning yet and that it is uncertain when they will restart. Operations at Shin-Etsu’s Kashima plant and Shin-Etsu Handotai subsidiary’s plant at Shirakawa are being completely halted, the company says. At Shin-Etsu Handotai’s plant in Shirakawa, “we have not yet fully undertaken inspection of all the facilities and equipments, but damages to the...

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