Turning bright ideas into brilliant products
As a science-based company our continuing success will be measured by one factor above all others: our innovative strength – and in particular our ability to develop new products, brands and services that help people in our key market clusters of Health, Nutrition and Materials.
Health
Our portfolio of contract manufacturing services is helping to shorten the time to market for the world’s pharmaceutical companies and thus get treatments to patients faster. For example, our Innosyn™ service helps customers find faster routes to new drug compounds. In the field of biomedical materials our combination of expertise in life sciences and materials sciences has inspired a new generation of artificial limbs and prosthetic devices that are literally changing people’s lives (six million and counting).
Nutrition
Our expertise in enzymes is what drives much of our innovation in the field of nutrition. DSM has developed a unique family of ingredients that help improve the quality, taste and storage life of milk, cheese, beer, wine, fruit juice and various savory products – to the benefit of our customers and consumers.
Of course, innovation isn’t just about science. It’s about how you apply it. As the world’s largest supplier of vitamins we have developed a truly unique product to nourish the world’s undernourished people – MixMe™. It’s a small packet of essential nutrients that enriches the diets – and lives – of potentially around two billion people.
Materials
We are one of the world’s leaders in polymer science, with a track record stretching back decades. Our expertise in this field starts with the raw material caprolactam (DSM is one of the world’s largest producers) and ends with a family of products and brands that truly have no equal. Our Dyneema® polyethylene fiber is the world’s strongest fiber™ - used in a variety of applications from life protection equipment to stronger fishing nets. In engineering plastics our flagship Akulon® brand is superior not just to other plastics but also, in some applications, to metals. It is used in everything from cars to clothing. Our composite resins are icons of excellence. They have been used to build Olympic bobsleighs and yachts. And even next-generation solar racing cars.
Bright science
DSM is developing products that don’t just mimic nature but actually incorporate nature itself. We have for example developed new personal care products based on rare alpine plants, and our latest anti-reflective glass is inspired by the complex workings of a moth’s eye.
Innovation is an attitude. It’s a way of life. And ultimately it’s about bright science.
