The non-profit association aims to (i) promote the nitrocellulose industry in the broadest sense and (ii) promote responsible behavior, particularly with regard to product responsibility, in order to minimize product-related risks to health, safety and the environment. The association shall provide a forum for discussing questions, problems, facts and topics that arise before or during the production, storage, transportation, use and disposal of industrial nitrocellulose, as well as for discussing all other matters of interest to the association. To achieve this purpose, the association may issue guidelines and monitor their compliance. Furthermore, the association may join international organizations or institutions or conclude contracts with them within the scope of its purpose.