Terms of use

Important information

Welcome to the dsm-firmenich website. By using this website, you accept our website user terms and conditions without any limitation or qualification. We reserve the right to change these terms and conditions at any time. You are advised to regularly read the terms and conditions for possible changes as you will be deemed to have accepted these changes if you continue to use this website after their publication.

General

DSM-Firmenich AG, a company established at Wurmisweg 576, 4303 Kaiseraugst, Switzerland, with trade register number CH-400.3.451.111-0, is entitled to all rights on this website. The website further contains several subsites dedicated to the various business units of DSM-Firmenich AG. These subsites are operated by the dsm-firmenich entity responsible for such business unit. The particulars of the responsible dsm-firmenich entity can be found on the subsite. In this website or the subsites we may at times use "dsm-firmenich", "Group", "company", "we", or "us" in referring to DSM-Firmenich AG or its entities (The dsm-firmenich entity which is responsible for the relevant part of the website is hereinafter referred to as "dsm-firmenich").

No warranties and disclaimer

dsm-firmenich will use reasonable efforts to provide up-to-date and accurate information on and via this website whether in nature of data, recommendations, services or otherwise ("Information"); DSM-FIRMENICH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ACCURACY, CURRENCY, COMPLETENESS AND/OR THE MERCHANTABILTY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO) ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR PROVIDED VIA THIS WEBSITE AND/OR ANY PRODUCT DESCRIBED OR PROMOTED ON THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT, OR OTHER RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES.

Financial information

This website may include financial Information. This financial Information is for general information purposes only. dsm-firmenich shall not be liable for any damages resulting from any lack of continuous accuracy or correctness of such financial Information. The publication of financial Information, including but not limited to annual reports or annual accounts, on this website does not constitute an official publication and is not binding.

Forward-looking statements

This website may contain forward-looking statements with respect to dsm-firmenich's future (financial) performance and position. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates, intentions and projections of dsm-firmenich and information currently available to the company. dsm-firmenich cautions that such statements involve certain risks and a variety of uncertainties including scientific, business, economic and financial factors, that are difficult to predict and therefore it should be understood that no assurance can be given that such (financial) performance and position in these statements will be achieved. Many factors can cause the company's actual performance and position to differ materially from these statements. dsm-firmenich expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update or revise the statements contained in this document, unless required by law.

Liability

dsm-firmenich shall not be liable for any damages or injury of any kind resulting from your access to, or inability to access, this website, nor from your reliance on any Information provided on or via this website or from your reliance on content of any other website from which you have accessed this website or to which you may hyperlink from that website, including but not limited to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software or data, unless such damage is the result of any willful misconduct or from negligence on the part of dsm-firmenich. dsm-firmenich shall further not be liable for any damages resulting from the use of any other website from which you hyperlink to or from this website or from the use of electronic means of communication, including - but not limited to - damages resulting from failure or delay in delivery of electronic communications, interception or manipulation of electronic communications by third parties or by computer programs used for electronic communications and transmission of viruses.

Products and services

All information supplied on or via this website by or on behalf of dsm-firmenich in relation to its products and services, whether in the nature of data, recommendations or otherwise, is believed to be reliable, but dsm-firmenich assumes no liability whatsoever in respect of the application, processing or use made of such information, products or services, or any consequence thereof. All products and services sold by dsm-firmenich entities are subject to the relevant dsm-firmenich standard terms and conditions of sale.

Some services on this website require the disclosure of personal data. More information about such processing of personal data can be found in the dsm-firmenich Privacy Policy.

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise indicated, all intellectual property rights in this website and all information provided on or via this website (whether in text, images and other materials, including trademarks) are owned by or are licensed to dsm-firmenich. Nothing on this website should be construed as granting any license or right in or to any trademark, patent or any other intellectual property right of dsm-firmenich.

dsm-firmenich permits you to display, store and reproduce material from this website only for personal use or non-commercial and informational purposes, subject to the following conditions: no part of this website may be displayed, distributed, retransmitted, disseminated or sold for commercial gain or for political purposes; no part of this website may be made available as part of another website by hyperlinking, framing or any other means; no part of this website may be modified in any respect and the copyright notice (“© 2023 DSM-Firmenich AG") must appear on every copy or portion thereof and the date of copying. Permission in writing from dsm-firmenich is required for any other use of intellectual property contained in this website and all information provided on or via this website and any misuse of its contents is strictly prohibited. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Information and/or materials provided by users

dsm-firmenich shall be free to use or copy all information and/or materials (" Materials") provided by you in any such communications, including ideas, inventions, concepts, techniques, software or know-how disclosed therein, for any and all purposes. Such purposes may include disclosure to third parties and/or developing, manufacturing and/or marketing goods or services. dsm-firmenich shall not be bound by any confidentiality obligation in respect of such materials. You hereby indemnify and hold dsm-firmenich harmless from and against all actions, claims and liabilities, suffered, incurred or sustained by dsm-firmenich as a result of the use and/or exploitation of the Materials infringing the (intellectual property) rights of any third party or otherwise being unlawful towards a third party.

Amendments

dsm-firmenich may change, update and/or improve this website and any information on this website at any time without notice but does not assume any responsibility to update it.

Applicable Law

The use of this website and the information and materials contained herein are governed exclusively by the laws of Switzerland without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any disputes relating to this website shall be finally and exclusively settled by the courts of Basel, Switzerland.

To the extent that any part of these terms of use is found to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable for whatever reason, the other provisions will not be affected and will remain in full force and effect.

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