Business entities
DSM’s activities have been grouped into business groups representing coherent product/market combinations. The business group directors report directly to the Managing Board.
Nutrition
Continued value growth
The Nutrition cluster comprises DSM Food Specialties and DSM Nutritional Products. The nutrition and food ingredients businesses serve the food, feed, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Activities are based on an in-depth knowledge of customer/market needs. With customized formulation activities in more than 44 locations and a marketing/sales presence reaching over 60 countries, customer intimacy is a key success factor. Technical expertise is based on application know-how and innovation translating market needs into products and services with new benefits. Technologies in the Nutrition cluster are broad, utilizing DSM’s competences in biotechnology (including fermentation), chemical process technology and particle engineering. DSM is the world’s largest vitamin producer and holds leading positions in the ingredient markets for human and animal nutrition and health as well as personal care.
Pharma
Leveraging partnerships for growth
The Pharma cluster comprises the business groups DSM Pharmaceutical Products and DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals (formerly DSM Anti-Infectives). These business groups concentrate on the generic antibacterial market and the pharmaceutical outsourcing markets respectively. Many of today’s medicines around the world contain ingredients produced by DSM. DSM Pharmaceutical Products is one of the world’s leading independent suppliers to the pharmaceutical industry. DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals is one of the few producers and marketers of beta-lactam active pharmaceutical ingredients with a global presence, using cutting-edge low-footprint enzymatic and water-based manufacturing technology.
Performance Materials
Growing via sustainable, innovative solutions
The Performance Materials cluster comprises the business groups DSM Dyneema, DSM Engineering Plastics and DSM Resins. These business groups specialize in the manufacture of technologically sophisticated, high-quality products that are tailored to meet customers’ performance criteria. DSM is recognized as a front-runner in creating and introducing sustainable innovative solutions. Its performance materials are used in a wide variety of end-use markets: the automotive industry, the aviation industry, the electrical and electronics industry, the marine industry, the sports and leisure industries, the paint and coatings industry and the construction industry.
Polymer Intermediates
Strengthening backward integration for DSM Engineering Plastics
The Polymer Intermediates cluster consists of the business group DSM Fibre Intermediates.
It produces caprolactam and acrylonitrile, which are raw materials for synthetic fibers and plastics. Caprolactam is a key feedstock for DSM Engineering Plastics’ polyamide production. Globally, DSM is the largest merchant caprolactam supplier and the third largest merchant acrylonitrile supplier. In addition, the business group produces ammonium sulfate, sodium cyanide, cyclohexanone and diaminobutane.
Innovation & sustainability
In addition, DSM Advanced Surfaces, DSM Bio-based Products & Services and DSM Biomedical are at the forefront of DSM’s advances in the fields of innovation and sustainability, two of the main growth drivers of DSM in motion: driving focused growth.
