Overview of activities

The activities of DSM are grouped into five clusters: Nutrition, Pharma, Performance Materials, Polymer Intermediates and Base Chemicals and Materials.

The Nutrition cluster comprises DSM Nutritional Products and DSM Food Specialties. 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 skills are based on application know-how and innovation translating market needs into products/services with new benefits. Manufacturing technologies in the Nutrition cluster are largely based on biotechnology, fermentation, chemical process technology and particle engineering. The cluster holds leading positions in the ingredient markets for human and animal nutrition and health.

The Pharma cluster comprises the business groups DSM Pharmaceutical Products and DSM Anti-Infectives. DSM is one of the world’s leading independent suppliers to the pharmaceutical industry. Many of today’s medicines around the world contain ingredients produced by DSM. DSM Anti-Infectives is one of the few penicillin producers outside of China.

The Performance Materials cluster comprises the business groups DSM Engineering Plastics, DSM Dyneema and DSM Resins. The business groups specialize in the manufacture of technologically sophisticated, high-quality products that are tailored to meet customers’ performance criteria. The 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. DSM Fibre Intermediates produces caprolactam and acrylonitrile, which are raw materials for synthetic fibers and engineering plastics. Other products include ammonium sulfate (a fertilizer), diaminobutane, sodium cyanide and cyclohexanone.

The Base Chemicals and Materials cluster consists of DSM Elastomers and a number of activities that have been carved out from other clusters. DSM Elastomers manufactures synthetic rubbers (EPDM) for use in cars and other transportation vehicles, white goods, various industrial products and construction materials and as motor-oil additives.