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Koninklijke DSM N.V., a science-based company, engages in nutrition, health, and materials businesses in the Netherlands, North America, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Nutrition, Materials, and Innovation Center segments. The company offers animal nutrition and health products, including vitamins, enzymes, eubiotics, carotenoids, lipids, and minerals; human nutrition and health products comprising carotenoids, digestive enzymes, nutritional lipids, nutraceuticals, probiotic and prebiotics, and vitamins; skin care, sun care, hair care, and aroma ingredients; vitamin and lipid active pharmaceutical ingredients; omega-3 fatty acids; food specialties, such as specialty enzymes, cultures, probiotics, bio-preservation, sugar reduction, and savory taste solutions; and specialty hydrocolloid solutions, including gellan gum, xanthan gum, welan gum, and pectin solutions. It also provides thermoplastics used in automotive, electrical and electronics, building and construction, medical, food packaging, and consumer goods; coating resins and functional materials; Dyneema, a fiber solution for use in aviation, personal protection, marine, fishing, heavy lifting, and sports and lifestyle industries; and additives. In addition, the company offers biomedical materials, and medical device and material manufacturing technologies in the areas of cardiovascular, dental, diabetes management, gynaecology, neurology, ophthalmology, orthopedic, plastic and reconstructive surgery, soft tissue, and wound management. Further, it provides anti-reflective coatings for solar glass, retrofit AR coatings, anti-soiling coatings, conductive backsheets, and PV backsheets; and bio-based products, such as yeast and enzymes for the conversion of starch, corn fiber, and biomass. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Heerlen, the Netherlands.