DSM (company)
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| Naamloze vennootschap | |
| Traded as | |
| Industry | Chemicals |
| Founded | 1902 |
| Headquarters | Heerlen, Netherlands |
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Key people
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Feike Sijbesma (CEO), Geraldine Matchett (CFO), Rob J. Routs (Chairman of the Supervisory Board) |
| Products | Nutritional ingredients, specialty food ingredients, engineering plastics, Dyneema®, coatings, biomedical materials, biomass conversion technology, solar efficiency technology. |
| Revenue | €7.920 billion (2016) |
| €791 million (2016) | |
| Profit | €621 million (2016) |
| Total assets | €12.958 billion (2016) |
| Total equity | €6.072 billion (2016) |
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Number of employees
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20,786 (2016) |
| Website | www.dsm.com |
Koninklijke DSM N.V. (Royal DSM, commonly known as DSM), is a Dutch multinational active in the fields of health, nutrition and materials. Headquartered in Heerlen, at the end of 2016 DSM employed 20,786 people in around 50 countries and posted net sales of €7,920m.
DSM’s 5 business groups are clustered according to product and market combinations, with the business group directors reporting directly to the Managing Board. Since 2015 DSM's activities are grouped into three clusters: Nutrition, Materials and Innovation Center.
The Nutrition cluster is made up of DSM Nutritional Products and DSM Food Specialties. DSM Nutritional Products produces essential nutrients such as synthetic vitamins, carotenoids, nutritional lipids and other ingredients for the feed, food, pharmaceutical and personal care industries. DSM Food Specialties manufactures food enzymes, cultures, yeast extracts, savory flavors, hydrocolloids and other specialty ingredients for the dairy, baking, beverage and savory segments.
The Materials cluster is made up of DSM Engineering Plastics, DSM Dyneema and DSM Resins & Functional Materials. DSM Engineering Plastics’ specialty plastics are used in components for the electrical and electronics, automotive, flexible food packaging and consumer goods industries. DSM Dyneema is the inventor, manufacturer and marketer of Dyneema®. DSM Resins & Functional Materials manufacture resins solutions for paints, inks, stereolithography, and industrial and optical fiber coatings.
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