Who is the manufacturer of HPMC?

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Japanese chemical company

Rotterdam-Botlek, Shin Etsu (vinyl chloride monomer production plant)

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (信越化学工業株式会社, Shin'etsu Kagaku Kōgyō kabushiki kaisha) is the largest chemical company in Japan, ranked No. 9 in Forbes Global 2000 for chemical sector. Shin-Etsu has the largest global market share for polyvinyl chloride, semiconductor silicon, and photomask substrates.[4]

The company was named one of Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.[4]

“Shin-Etsu” in the company's name derives from Shin'etsu Region, where the company established the first chemical plant as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer in 1926, though the company today is headquartered in Tokyo and has its manufacturing locations in 14 countries worldwide.[5]

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Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) is a derivative of Methyl cellulose. HPMC is a non-ionic cellulose ether made from natural renewable polymer, such as cotton or wood pulp. It is an odourless, tasteless and non-toxic white powder, which can be dissolved in cold water to form a transparent viscous solution.