TERMS & CONDITIONS (SPECIALTY MATERIALS)
Specialty Materials – Disclaimer and Conditions of Use
The following disclaimer and conditions of use apply to the entire Specialty Materials website (specmaterials.com).
1. Definitions
In this disclaimer the following terms have the meanings set out below:
“Specialty Materials website”: each webpage on specmaterials.com (and any sub‑pages) that includes a link to this disclaimer, with the intention that this disclaimer applies to it.
“Specialty Materials”, “we”, “us”, “our”: Specialty Materials, a trade name used by Global Materials, Inc., a Massachusetts, USA company, and any of its operating entities.
“Use” / “Using”: including downloading, logging in, requesting, consulting, reading, viewing, listening to, processing, completing forms, sending information, (temporarily) copying, saving, forwarding, distributing, making use of services, and performing legal acts (for example, requesting quotes or placing orders).
“User”, “you”: any natural or legal person, whether or not represented by another party, who uses the Specialty Materials website.
“Contents”: including texts, data, images, drawings, specifications, datasheets, hyperlinks, audio and/or video fragments, downloads, and other objects.
“Loss”: direct or indirect loss of whatever nature, including lost data and items, loss of sales, profit or other economic loss.
By using the Specialty Materials website you acknowledge that you have read this disclaimer and agree to be bound by it.
2. Information on the website
Specialty Materials endeavours to regularly update and supplement the contents of the website. Despite this care and attention, the contents may be incomplete, inaccurate, or out of date.
All information, including technical data, properties, and performance information regarding materials, is provided “as is” for general information only and does not constitute a guarantee, specification, or recommendation for any particular application. You remain solely responsible for validating data, carrying out appropriate testing, and determining suitability for your intended use.
Where possible, we request that you treat specmaterials.com as the primary source for our data and, when feasible, link to the relevant page on the Specialty Materials website so that users can access the most current information.
3. Use and sharing of contents
Specialty Materials encourages the use and sharing of information from the Specialty Materials website, including incorporation of our data into your internal tools, reports, and analyses, and redistribution to third parties, provided that you:
do not misrepresent the data or its source;
do not remove or alter any proprietary notices or attributions; and
do not state or imply that Specialty Materials endorses your products, analyses, or conclusions without our prior written consent.
Specialty Materials may revoke or limit this permission in specific cases, for example where content is used in a misleading manner or in violation of applicable law.
4. No warranties and limitation of liability
Specialty Materials presents the contents of the website in their actual state without any express or implied warranty or safeguard regarding accuracy, completeness, reliability, non‑infringement, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or otherwise.
Specialty Materials is not liable for any Loss that arises from or is in any way connected with the use of the website, the inability to consult the website, reliance on its contents, or any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the website. This applies regardless of the legal basis (contract, tort, or otherwise), even if Specialty Materials has been advised of the possibility of such Loss.
If, despite the foregoing, Specialty Materials is found liable for any Loss in connection with the website, such liability shall in all cases be limited to the amount actually paid by you (if any) to Specialty Materials for the specific service or information directly related to the claim.
5. Changes to the website and to these conditions
Specialty Materials may alter or discontinue the website, or any part thereof, at its own discretion and at any time, with or without prior notification, and is not liable for the consequences of any such alteration or discontinuation.
Specialty Materials may amend these conditions of use at any time by updating this notice. You are bound by any such amendments and should therefore visit this page regularly in order to read the conditions of use then in force.
6. Links to third‑party content
The website may contain links to files or websites of third parties. Such links are provided solely for convenience and do not imply authentication, approval, or endorsement of such files, websites, or their contents by Specialty Materials.
Specialty Materials is not responsible or liable for the contents, availability, accuracy, or security of any third‑party files or websites that are linked to or from the Specialty Materials website. Your use of such third‑party websites is entirely at your own risk and is subject to the terms and privacy policies of those third parties.
When you register for, order, or purchase any product or service from a third party linked from the Specialty Materials website, you enter into a separate agreement with that third party and not with Specialty Materials.
7. Submissions and feedback
You are responsible for everything that you send from or through the Specialty Materials website. If you send Specialty Materials any information, feedback, questions, comments, or suggestions about the website or our products (“Submissions”), you understand and agree that Specialty Materials may use such Submissions for any business purpose without obligation or compensation to you, subject to our Privacy Policy.
You should not send confidential or proprietary information via the website unless you have an appropriate written agreement in place with Specialty Materials that specifically covers such information.
8. Intellectual property, logos, and brands
The copyright on the contents of the website and all the documents that are offered for downloading belongs to Specialty Materials or its licensors. All rights are reserved.
The information on the Specialty Materials website, including text, presentations, figures, images, and datasheets, may be used and shared as described in section 3 above. Where reasonably possible, you should attribute Specialty Materials as the source and, where feasible, provide a link to the relevant page on specmaterials.com so that recipients can access the latest version of the information.
Unless otherwise stated, all the brands and logos depicted on the Specialty Materials website are the registered or unregistered brand names of Specialty Materials or its operating entities, or are used with permission of the respective owners. No license or right to use any trademark, logo, or trade name is granted by your access to or use of the website and any such use requires prior written consent from Specialty Materials or the relevant third‑party rights holder.
9. Viruses and security
Specialty Materials does its utmost to keep the website free of known viruses and other malicious code, but does not guarantee that the website or the servers used to provide it are free of viruses, worms, “Trojan horses”, or other items of a destructive nature.
It is your responsibility to take precautionary measures and to ensure that everything you select for use is free of such items and appropriate for your purposes, including by using appropriate security and backup procedures. The information on the Specialty Materials website may be changed at any time without prior notification or obligation.
10. Governing law and severability
These conditions of use and any disputes arising out of or related to your use of the website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States, without regard to conflict‑of‑law principles. Any disputes shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located in Massachusetts, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts.
If a competent court considers a clause in these conditions of use not legally valid or non‑practicable, that clause is considered to have been removed from the conditions of use and the remaining clauses remain in full force.