Activities
DSM's activities are grouped into four clusters: Nutrition, Pharmaceuticals, Performance Materials and Polymer Intermediates.
In Life Sciences the company is active in Nutrition and Pharma
The Nutrition cluster comprises DSM Nutritional Products and DSM Food Specialties. These nutrition and food ingredients businesses serve the food, feed, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. The Nutrition cluster has customized formulation activities in more than 40 locations and a marketing/sales presence reaching over 60 countries. Manufacturing technologies in the Nutrition cluster are largely based on biotechnology, fermentation, chemical process technology and particle engineering. In February 2011 DSM finalized its acquisition of US based Martek Biosciences Corporation for US$1,087 million. This acquisition added new growth platforms for natural, healthy Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) and nutritional ingredients (Omega-3 DHA and Omega-6 ARA).
The Pharma cluster comprises DSM Pharmaceutical Products and DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals (formerly DSM Anti-Infectives). DSM Pharmaceutical Products is a leading independent supplier to the pharmaceutical industry. Many of today’s medicines around the world contain ingredients produced by DSM. The DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals joint venture is one of the few penicillin producers outside of China.
In Materials Sciences the company is active in Performance Materials and Polymer Intermediates
The Performance Materials cluster comprises DSM Engineering Plastics, DSM Dyneema and DSM Resins. Their products are used in a wide variety of end-use markets: the automotive industry, the aviation industry, the electrical and electronics industry, the sports and leisure industries, the paint and coatings industry and the construction industry.
The Polymer Intermediates cluster consists of DSM Fibre Intermediates which produces caprolactam and acrylonitrile, raw materials for synthetic fibers and engineering plastics.
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