Acceptance of Contract Terms

In exchange for accessing, browsing or otherwise using the ITW Finishing Technologies web site, you agree to be bound by these terms and comply with all applicable laws and regulations. The home page for the ITW Finishing Technologies web site is located at www.ITWFinishing.com and the ITW Finishing Technologies web site includes information about ITW Finishing Technologies' Companies, products and services, news, press releases, awards, history, and other information. The "ITW Finishing Technologies web site" as referred to herein means pages accessible under domain names and associated directories that are owned by ITW Finishing Technologies Companies. ITW Finishing Technologies may revise or withdraw information on the ITW Finishing Technologies web site, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. ITW Finishing Technologies may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this page. By using the ITW Finishing Technologies web site, you agree to be bound by any such revisions and you agree to periodically visit this page to determine the then current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, do not use the ITW Finishing Technologies web site.

Trademarks

ITW Finishing Technologies™, ITW®, Buildex®, Cylcone™, Cyclone Industries™, Duo-Fast®, Elematic™, Paslode®, Ramset / Red Head™, SPIT™, Impulse®, TrakFast®, Epcon®, AutoTraxx™, Traxx®, E-Z Ancor®, E-Z Est™, Tapcon®, Condrive®, TruGrip™, Teks®, Dec-King®, Rock-On™, Backer-On™, Acrylic 7™, A-7™, Pulsa™, and Unidek® are trademarks of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW). This list is not exhaustive and ITW owns other trademarks. You may not use ITW trademarks: (a) in a non-ITW product name or publication title; (b) in, as, or as part of your own trademarks; (c) to identify products or services that are not ITW's; (d) in a manner likely to cause confusion; (e) in a manner that implies inaccurately that ITW sponsors, endorses, or is otherwise connected with your own activities, products, and services; (f) in a manner that disparages the ITW Finishing Technologies Companies or ITW; or (g) in combination with any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material, or in combination with any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law. When you use ITW trademarks, please include a brief statement attributing the trademarks to ITW (Example: TruGripTM is a trademark of ITW).

All Contents © 2002 ITW Finishing Technologies, an ITW Business Unit

All rights reserved. The ITW Finishing Technologies web site contains proprietary and copyrighted information of Illinois Tool Works Inc. Such information may include communications, software, scripting, photographs, text, video, graphics, music, sounds, images, and other materials and services found on the ITW Finishing Technologies web site. Except as provided herein for authorized distributors of ITW Finishing Technologies' products, permission to use, copy, and distribute information from public portions of the ITW Finishing Technologies web site is granted for personal, non-commercial, or informational uses only. All other uses are strictly prohibited. All copies must retain any trademarks, copyright notices and other marking with respect to the source of the information.

Information Provided "As Is"

While ITW Finishing Technologies makes an effort to ensure the accuracy of materials presented on the ITW Finishing Technologies web site, information on the ITW Finishing Technologies web site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Information may further be changed or updated without notice. Accordingly, the information provided through the ITW Finishing Technologies web site is provided "AS IS." Product(s) on the ITW Finishing Technologies web site may be shown with optional equipment. Product features, pricing, and availability are all subject to changes without notice. ITW Finishing Technologies distributors are independent businesses and set their own pricing and terms of sale. ITW Finishing Technologies AND ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Because some jurisdictions do not allow this exclusion, the above limitations may not apply to you.

Treatment of Materials Sent Through the Web Site

ITW Finishing Technologies does not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you through the ITW Finishing Technologies web site. Please note that any information or material sent to ITW Finishing Technologies will be deemed NOT to be confidential. By sending ITW Finishing Technologies any information or material, you grant ITW Finishing Technologies an unrestricted, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit, and distribute those materials or information, and you also agree that ITW Finishing Technologies is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purpose, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products incorporating such ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques.

Links to Third Party Web Sites

The ITW Finishing Technologies web site may contain links to third-party sites. The linked sites are not under the control of ITW Finishing Technologies, and ITW Finishing Technologies is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. In addition, a link to a non-ITW web site does not mean that ITW Finishing Technologies endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use, of such web site. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use is free of such items as viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other items of a destructive nature.

Linking to the ITW Finishing Technologies Web Site

Linking to the ITW Finishing Technologies web site is only permitted by the prior written approval of ITW. If permitted, the link to the ITW Finishing Technologies web site does not in any way, imply ITW Finishing Technologies' endorsement of the linked site. ITW Finishing Technologies reserves the right to specifically revoke consent to link to the ITW Finishing Technologies web site if ITW Finishing Technologies determines in its sole discretion that the web site containing the ITW Finishing Technologies link does not meet ITW Finishing Technologies aesthetic or other standards.

Privacy Policy

ITW Finishing Technologies is sensitive to privacy issues on the Internet. ITW Finishing Technologies web servers may collect the domain names, but not the email addresses, of visitors. Information is compiled to measure such things as the number of visits, average time spent on an ITW Finishing Technologies web site, and pages viewed. ITW Finishing Technologies uses this information to measure the use and improve the content of the ITW Finishing Technologies web site. Generally, you can visit the ITW Finishing Technologies web site without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. However, there are instances where ITW Finishing Technologies may request personally identifiable information of you to provide a service or correspondence, or where you may voluntarily send an email to ITW Finishing Technologies containing personally identifiable information. This information, such as name, mailing address, email address, nature of request, and possibly other information, is collected and stored in a manner to fulfill or answer your request, or to market ITW Finishing Technologies products, events, and/or services. The personally identifiable information is not sold or rented to other organizations, but may be shared with and used by other ITW companies.

Applicable Laws

The ITW Finishing Technologies web site is controlled by Illinois Tool Works Inc. from its offices within the State of Illinois, United States of America. The ITW Finishing Technologies web site can be accessed from all 50 states, as well as from other countries around the world. As each of these places has laws that may differ from those of Illinois, by accessing the ITW Finishing Technologies web site both you agree that the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof, will apply to all matters relating to the use of the ITW Finishing Technologies web site.

You also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the state or federal courts in Illinois with respect to matters relating to the use of the ITW Finishing Technologies web site. ITW Finishing Technologies makes no representation that information on this web site is appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL ITW Finishing Technologies OR ITW BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY USE OF THE ITW Finishing Technologies WEB SITE, OR ON ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ITW Finishing Technologies IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.