Policy

The Group will stably provide high-quality products to customers.

Quality Control

The Group is making a continuous effort on stable supply of the high quality products for the customers.

We have established a robust quality management system to improve customer satisfaction, and are continuously striving to improve quality, stability and efficiency.
Each the Company's division and/or Group companies are promoting quality control activities. The sales department, research and development department, manufacturing department and quality assurance department cooperate in roles as in the following in order to meet the requests of our customers.

Sales department

Listen to the customer requests, and promptly and accurately inform our research and development department as well as the manufacturing department of them.

Research and development department as well as the manufacturing department

Utilize the customer requests for the improvement of existing products and research and development of new products. Also actively working on the automation of the manufacturing process to prevent careless human errors caused by assumptions and misunderstanding by workers

Quality assurance department

Make a final confirmation on product taking into account the product characteristics and the customers use
We have enhanced the accuracy of quality measurement by advancing the automation of measurement processes to eliminate variations derived from quality measurement personnel, sample preparation, and measurement procedures. In addition, measurement results are stored and shared in the database to prevent typing errors when creating inspection tables and labels.

Almost all of the Group's manufacturing bases, both domestic and overseas, have obtained certification of the quality control systems such as ISO 9001, IATF169491, etc.

We have also established a strict rule to respond to all quality inquiries from customers within 48 hours of receipt .

• ISO 9001 Certification of the Shin-Etsu Group

• 1 IATF16949
  It is a quality management system for automotive industry.

Quality Audits and Support

• 1 Six Sigma programs
  Quality improvement method developed by Motorola in the 1980s. Focused on processes where quality variation appears, it is designed to minimize variation within the processes and thereby reduce the incidence of quality defects. This approach has been adopted across the Group.

Product Safety Control

Product safety is being managed from product development to delivery based on internal regulations.
Regarding the safety of new chemical substances, risk assessment and confirmation for environment and health is performed at the development stage.
Regarding the development of new chemical substances, we  focus on products as well as their manufacturing technologies which do not use hazardous substances that have been designated by the Industrial Health and Safety Law and Chemical Substances Control Law¹, as well as the EU RoHS risk assessment Directive². Furthermore, we ensure to submit necessary notifications and reports according to laws and regulations.
Customers are offered information such as product hazards and risks in the form of SDS³ in order to ensure proper transmission of information to the value chain.
In addition, customers are requested to handle products safely by complying with laws and regulations, installing abatement equipment, wearing protective equipment, etc through SDS.
As a product transportation safety measure, we issue Yellow Cards⁴ and/or Container Yellow Cards⁵ that are affixed to containers. Furthermore, pictorial indication of hazard and harm is also implemented in accordance with GHS⁶.

In accordance with the Industrial Safety and Health Act, we also implemented pictorial indication of hazard and harm in accordance with GHS6 on product containers and packaging.

 

• 1 Chemical Substances Control Law
  Short for "Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc." A law intended to prevent environmental pollution by chemical substances that can be harmful to human health or to ecosystems.
• 2 RoHS (Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances) Directive
  EU directive on restricting the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
• 3 SDS (Safety Data Sheet)
  SDS lists the physical and chemical properties of the chemical substance together with harmfulness and emergency response procedures. Designed to promote safer use of chemical substances and prevent accidents and incidents, SDS are supplied by manufacturers, importers and distributors to customers at the point of sales or shipment.
• 4 Yellow Cards
  The yellow cards are cards on which all relevant information on treatment required in case of an accident during transportation of chemical substances is described.
  The cards are handed to the transport contractor to be brought by tanker lorry or other means at the time of transportation.
• 5 Container Yellow Cards
  The standard yellow card system is not suitable for use with mixed cargoes and small-lot deliveries. Instead, each container carries a label displaying safety information such as UN number of chemical name and emergency response procedure number.
• 6 GHS (The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals)
  Internationally standardized system of classification and labeling of chemicals.

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• ESG Data