Welcome to the DSM website. By using this site you agree to the applicability of our website user terms and conditions. We note that these terms and conditions may be changed over time. Users of the site are advised to regularly read the terms and conditions for possible changes. Click here to download these conditions. The conditions are also available for inspection at the head office of DSM, Het Overloon 1, Heerlen, The Netherlands. If you wish to receive a hard copy of these conditions, please send an e-mail with your address to info@dsm.com .

General

The general part of this website is owned and operated by Koninklijke DSM N.V., a company established at Het Overloon 1, Heerlen, The Netherlands, info@dsm.com with trade register number 14022069, VAT number NL 005887136B02. The website further contains several subsites dedicated to the various business units of Koninklijke DSM N.V. These subsites are operated by the DSM entity responsible for such business unit. The particulars of the responsible DSM entity can be found under the button "Legal Information" on the left navigation menu of the subsite. In this website or the subsites we may at times use "DSM", "Group", "company", "we", or "us" in referring to Koninklijke DSM N.V. or its entities (The DSM entity which is responsible for the relevant part of the website is hereinafter referred to as "DSM ").

No Warranties and Disclaimer

DSM will use reasonable efforts to provide up-to-date and accurate information on and via this website whether in nature of data, recommendations, services or otherwise ("Information"); DSM EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ACCURACY, CURRENCY, COMPLETENESS AND/OR THE MERCHANTABILTY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO) ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR PROVIDED VIA THIS WEBSITE AND/OR ANY PRODUCT DESCRIBED OR PROMOTED ON THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT, OR OTHER RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES.

Liability

DSM shall not be liable for any damages or injury of any kind resulting from your access to, or inability to access, this website, nor from your reliance on any Information provided on or via this website, including but not limited to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software or data, unless such damage is the result of any wilful misconduct or from negligence on the part of DSM. DSM shall further not be liable for damages resulting from the use of electronic means of communication, including - but not limited to - damages resulting from failure or delay in delivery of electronic communications, interception or manipulation of electronic communications by third parties or by computer programs used for electronic communications and transmission of viruses.

Linked Sites

This website may provide links or references from or to other external websites. DSM disclaims any responsibility for the content of such other sites. Please be aware that our Privacy and Cookie Statement does not apply to the collection and processing of your data on such other sites. DSM shall not be liable for any damages or injury of any kind arising from your access to, or inability to access or use of such other sites and the information provided thereon, nor from your use of or reliance on any information provided on such other sites. Any links to such other sites are provided merely as a convenience to the users of this website.

Other information provided by user

DSM shall be free to use or copy all information and/or materials (" Materials") provided by you in any such communications, including ideas, inventions, concepts, techniques, software or know-how disclosed therein, for any and all purposes. Such purposes may include disclosure to third parties and/or developing, manufacturing and/or marketing goods or services. DSM shall not be bound by any confidentiality obligation in respect of such materials. You hereby indemnify and hold DSM harmless from and against all actions, claims and liabilities, suffered, incurred or sustained by DSM as a result of the use and/or exploitation of the Materials infringing the (intellectual property) rights of any third party or otherwise being unlawful towards a third party.

Products and services

All information supplied on or via this website by or on behalf of DSM in relation to its products and services, whether in the nature of data, recommendations or otherwise, is believed to be reliable, but DSM assumes no liability whatsoever in respect of the application, processing or use made of such information, products or services, or any consequence thereof. All products and services sold by DSM entities are subject to the relevant DSM standard terms and conditions of sale.

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise indicated, all copyrights in this website and all information provided on or via this website (whether in text, images and other materials) are owned by DSM. DSM permits you to display, store and reproduce material from this website only for personal use or non-commercial and informational purposes, subject to the following conditions:

no part of this website may be distributed or sold for commercial gain or for political purposes;
no part of this website may be modified in any respect
the copyright notice ("from DSM's website") must appear on every copy or portion thereof and the date of copying.
Unless otherwise indicated, all the trademarks displayed on this website are owned by or have been licensed to DSM.

Nothing on this website should be construed as granting any license or right in or to any trademark, patent or any other intellectual property right of DSM.

Permission in writing from DSM is required for any other use of intellectual property contained in this website and all information provided on or via this website and any misuse of its contents is strictly prohibited.

Applicable Law, Jurisdiction

This website can be accessed from various countries around the world. As each of these countries has laws that may differ from those of The Netherlands, by accessing this website you agree that the laws of The Netherlands shall apply to all matters arising from or relating to the use and contents of this website or information provided to you via this website. You also agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of The Netherlands with respect to such matters.

Severability

If these Website User Terms & Conditions are or become partially void, the parties will continue to be bound by remainder of the same. The parties shall replace the void part by provisions that are valid and have legal effect that correspond with those of the void part as much as possible, taking into account the content and purport of these User Terms & Conditions.
Copyright

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