TOPICS
- 2025/6/1
- New website for personal care is started.
- 2025/3/4
- We have stopped selling Cyanoresin® CR-S, CR-M and CR-U.
- 2024/10/3
- New technical guide for pharmaceutical, which are "Application guide" and "Trouble shooting guides (for tabletting and enteric coating)" are added.
- 2024/4/15
- Shin-Etsu AQOAT® is newly listed on EP (European Pharmacopoeia 11.4).
- 2024/3/8
- New technical information sheets for pharmaceutical （A-074, A-075, H-024, L-042）have been added.
- 2023/12/22
- New technical posters for pharmaceutical have been added.
- 2023/12/22
- Newsletter（Dec. 2023） for pharmaceutical is issued.
- 2023/7/5
- Brochures of pharmaceutical excipients are renewed.
- 2023/4/4
- New technical posters for pharmaceutical have been added.
- 2023/3/10
- Newsletter (March2023) for pharmaceutical is issued.
- 2023/2/10
- Shin-Etsu organizes a technical seminar for pharmaceutical solid dispersion application about “Solubility Enhancement -From Screening to Downstreaming-” on 11th-12th May in Wiesbaden, Germany.
- 2022/12/12
- New technical information sheets for pharmaceutical （A-073, H-023 and SR-021）have been added.
- 2022/7/5
- Newsletter(July 2022) for pharmaceutical is issued.
- 2021/12/22
- New technical information sheets for pharmaceutical (A-071, A-072, L-040 and L-041) have been added.
Cellulose derivatives
Many kinds of plants live on planet Earth, and all of them contain a natural polymer, known as cellulose, which is their major component. Shin-Etsu produces a variety of cellulose derivatives and supplies for many customers for use in various applications.
For Industrial
METOLOSE® is a nonionic water-soluble cellulose ether which is prepared from cellulose (pulp), a widely distributed natural material.
For Pharmaceutical
Shin-Etsu Chemical began producing pharmaceutical excipients in 1962.
For Food
METOLOSE® food grade is widely applied for various processed foods.
For Personal Care
Methylcellulose and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose are non-ionic, water soluble thickener.
Warning Manual addition of cellulosic powders into flammable liquids may cause an explosion. Please take appropriate safety measures.