DSM Fine Chemicals Austria GmbH, DFC Austria#
DSM Fine Chemicals Austria GmbH, DFC Austria, formerly DSM Chemie Linz GmbH, company with headquarters at Linz spun off from Chemie Linz AG, since 1996 member of the Dutch chemical group, DSM N.V. Production centres on high-grade chemicals (especially in the field of industrial biotechnology) and standard intermediates. Activities range from the supply of products for the pharmaceutical industry, agriculture and the food industry to process and product development and engineering for plant and equipment construction or renewal. In 1998 the company, with a staff of some 950 persons, reported sales in the order of ATS 3.3 billion and an export share of almost 90%.