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Legal Statement & Terms of Use

Keystone Powdered Metal Company developed this website to provide information and documentation about our products, services, and technical specifications. The following information is in regards to the terms of use of this website and our legal statement about the website and information.

This Is the Website of Keystone Powdered Metal Company

This page states the "Terms and Conditions" under which you may use the Keystone Powdered Metal Company website. Please read this page carefully. If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions stated here, do not use this website and service. By using this website [and/or clicking "I AGREE" during any registration process on this website], you are indicating your acceptance to be bound by the terms of these Terms and Conditions. Keystone Powdered Metal Company (the "Company") may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page periodically to review the Terms and Conditions, because they are binding on you. The terms "You" and "User" as used herein refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this website ("Website") for any reason. These Terms and Conditions were last updated July, 2009.

Use of Keystone Powdered Metal Company Material

The contents of this Website, such as text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software and other content ("Material"), are protected under both United States and foreign copyright, trademark and other laws. All Material is the property of the Company or its content suppliers or clients. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on this Website is the exclusive property of the Company and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Unauthorized use of the Material may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. You must retain all copyright, trademark, service-mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Material on any copy you make of the Material. You may not sell or modify the Material or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the Material on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.

You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that the Company creates to generate its pages. It is also protected by the Company's copyright.

Use of Keystone Powdered Metal Company Logo

Except as the Company may authorize, Website providers ("Other Websites") may use only the logo provided below ("Logo"). By downloading the Logo, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

The Logo may be used only on web pages that make accurate references to the Company, or its products or services and must be displayed adjacent to the reference. Other websites may not display the Logo in any manner that implies sponsorship, endorsement, or license by the Company.

The Logo must appear by itself, with a minimum spacing in the amount of the height of the Logo between each side of the Logo and other graphic or textual elements on Other Website pages.

The Logo may not be used as a feature or design element of any other logo.

Other Websites may not alter the Logo in any manner, including size, proportions, colors, elements, etc., or animate morph or otherwise distort the Logos perspective or two-dimensional appearance.

Other Websites that feature the Logo may not contain disparaging remarks about the Company or its products or services, infringe any Company intellectual property or other rights, or violate any state, federal or international law.

Company logos and product names are trademarks or trade names of the Company. You are not authorized to use or reproduce any trademarks except for the limited purposes set out above.

Acceptable Site Use

General Rules: Users may not use the Website in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material (a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (b) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others, or (c) that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.

Website Security Rules. Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Website, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access, (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Website, denial-of-service attacks, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mail bombing" or "crashing", (d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services, or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. The Company will investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

Specific Prohibited Uses

The Website may be used only for lawful purposes by individuals seeking information about the Company or members, employment and career information. The Company specifically prohibits any use of the Website, and all users agree not to use the Website, for any of the following:

Keystone Powdered Metal Company Usage Policy:

*Posting any incomplete, false or inaccurate biographical information or information which is not your own accurate information.

*Posting any franchise, pyramid scheme, "club membership", distributorship or sales representative agency arrangement or other business opportunity which requires an up front or periodic payment, pays commissions only, requires recruitment of other members, sub-distributors or sub-agents.

Website in General

*Deleting or revising any material posted by any other person or entity.

*Using any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Website or any activity being conducted on this site.

*Taking any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Website's infrastructure.

*If you have a password allowing access to a non-public area of this Website, disclosing to or sharing your password with any third parties or using your password for any unauthorized purpose.

*Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, using or attempting to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this Website other than the search engine and search agents available from the Company on this Website and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Explorer).

*Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Website.

*Aggregating, copying or duplicating in any manner any of the materials or information available from the Website.

*Framing of any of the materials or information available from the Website.

Keystone Powdered Metal Company | User Information

Our policy with respect to User information is set forth in our "Privacy Statement" which is posted on the Website and incorporated herein by reference. Please review the Privacy Statement for further details regarding your Information.

Keystone Powdered Metal Company | User Submissions

As a user, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. You must not, and by using this Website you agree not to, do the following things: post material that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; post material that reveals trade secrets, unless you own them or have the permission of the owner; post material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; post material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; post a sexually-explicit image or statement; post advertisements or solicitations of business, post chain letters or pyramid schemes; impersonate another person; or post material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots or other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information.

The Company does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of communications posted by users or endorses any opinions expressed by users. You acknowledge that any reliance on material posted by other users will be at your own risk.

The Company acts as a passive conduit for the online distribution and publication of user-submitted information and has no obligation to screen communications or information in advance and is not responsible for screening or monitoring material posted by users. If notified by a user of communications which allegedly do not conform to these Terms and Conditions, the Company may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and its sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of the communication. The Company has no liability or responsibility to users for performance or nonperformance of such activities. The Company reserves the right to expel users and prevent their further access to the Website for violating the Terms and Conditions or the law and the right to remove communications which are abusive, illegal, or disruptive. The Company may take any action with respect to user-submitted information that it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion if it believes it may create liability for the Company or may cause the Company to lose (in whole or in part) the services of its ISPs or other suppliers.

By submitting content to any public or non-public area of the Website, including Extra-net and contact forms you grant the Company and its affiliates the loyalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicenseable (through multiple tiers), non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the content (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content. You also warrant that the holder of any rights, including moral rights in such content, has completely and effectively waived all such rights and validly and irrevocably granted to you the right to grant the license stated above. You also permit any subscriber to access, display, view, store and reproduce such content for personal use. Subject to the foregoing, the owner of such content placed on the Website retains any and all rights that may exist in such content.

The Company's Liability

The Company provides no guarantee, or warranty, written or implied, as to the accuracy of any of the information contained in this Website. The information and services, including without limitation, the Career Center, advocacy information, news and press releases, Member services (including member to member discounts) and all other services on this Website are provided "AS IS", with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness, or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of performance, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose. By using this Website you agree that under no circumstances will the Company, or any of its members, advertisers sponsors or affiliates or the partners, agents, or employees thereof be liable to you or anyone else for (1) any information contained in or omitted from this Website, (2) any person's reliance on such information whether or not the information is correct, current or complete (3) any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information in this Website or for any consequential, special, or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Certain links in this Website connect to other websites maintained by third parties over which the Company has no control.

Because user authentication on the Internet is difficult, The Company cannot and does not confirm that each user is who they claim to be. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code d1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."

We are under no legal obligation to, and generally do not, control the information provided by other users which is made available through the Website. By its very nature, other people's information may be offensive, harmful or inaccurate, and in some cases will be mislabeled or deceptively labeled. We expect that you will use caution and common sense when using this Website.

The Material may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. The Company makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the Website or the Material. The use of the Website and the Material is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to the Website and may be made at any time.

The Company is not to be considered to be an employer with respect to your use of the Website and the Company shall not be responsible for any employment decisions, for whatever reason made, made by any entity posting jobs on the Website.

THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE WEBSITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE MATERIAL RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.

THE WEBSITE AND MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. THE COMPANY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE MATERIAL, SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS.

Disclaimer of Consequential Damages

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS SUPPLIERS, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED ON THE WEBSITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE AND THE MATERIAL, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPANY IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Links to Other Sites

The Website contains links to third party websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by the Company of the contents on such third-party websites. The Company is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third party websites. If you decide to access linked third party websites, you do so at your own risk.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company and any of its members, advertisers, sponsors or affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the Material or your breach of the terms of these Terms and Conditions. The Company shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.