Royal DSM (DSM) wants to get more out of life, or at least life and material sciences. It focuses on nutritional products and performance materials, which it terms Life Sciences and Material Sciences. DSM's nutrition unit makes sweeteners and food enzymes, among other products, for the flavor and fragrance, food and beverage, and animal health industries. The company's pharmaceutical chemicals are used in cardiovascular, AIDS, and asthma medications. Its performance materials unit (DSM Resins and Dyneema) makes synthetic fibers, engineering plastics, and resins used in coatings. DSM's polymer intermediates unit includes raw materials used for synthetic fibers and plastics.