DSM (company)

Royal DSM N.V.
Company typeNaamloze vennootschap
ISINNL0000009827
IndustryChemicals
Founded1902; 122 years ago (1902)
HeadquartersMaastricht, Netherlands
Key people
Dimitri de Vreeze (co-CEO)
Geraldine Matchett (co-CEO)
Edith Schippers (President)
Rob Routs (Chairman of the Supervisory board)
ProductsNutritional ingredients, specialty food ingredients, engineering plastics, Dyneema, coatings, biomedical materials, biomass conversion technology, solar efficiency technology.
Revenue€8.632 billion (2017)[1]
€957 million (2017)[1]
€649 million (2017)[1]
Total assets€12.802 billion (2017)[1]
Total equity€7.065 billion (2017)[1]
Number of employees
21,054 (2017)[1]
Websitewww.dsm.com
The former DSM Headquarters in Heerlen, the Netherlands, pictured in 2011

Koninklijke DSM N.V. (Royal DSM, commonly known as DSM, which is the acronym for Dutch State Mines),[2] was a Dutch multinational corporation active in the fields of health, nutrition and materials. Headquartered in Maastricht, at the end of 2017 DSM employed 21,054 people in approximately 50 countries and posted net sales of €8.632 billion in 2018[1] and €9.204 billion in 2021.[3] In May 2023 it merged with the Swiss company Firmenich to form a new entity named dsm-firmenich.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Annual Report 2017". DSM. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Our heritage | DSM". @corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. ^ "DSM reports 2021 results | DSM". @corporate. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  4. ^ "dsm-firmenich |". @corporate. Retrieved 22 May 2024.