Accessibility statement
Chimet S.p.A. is committed to making its website accessible in accordance with Italian Law no. 4 of 9 January 2004 and the Guidelines on the accessibility of IT tools issued by the Agency for Digital Italy (AgID).
This accessibility statement applies to the website https://www.chimet.com, in its Italian and English versions.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with the requirements of Appendix A of standard UNI CEI EN 301549 (WCAG 2.1, level AA) due to the non-compliances listed below.
All pages of the website pass the automated WCAG 2.1 A/AA checks carried out; the remaining non-compliances concern multimedia content and downloadable documents.
Non-accessible content
a) Non-compliance with Law 4/2004
- Video without captions (criteria 1.2.2, 1.2.3). The only video with speech, on the “Help us grow. Give us a book!” project page, has no captions or text transcript.
- Videos without a text description (criteria 1.2.1, 1.2.5). The other videos on the website contain no speech (they are silent or have music only) and have no dedicated text description or audio description; their content is summarised in the text of the page where they appear.
- PDF documents (criteria 1.1.1, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 2.4.2, 3.1.1, 4.1.2). Some of the PDF documents available for download, in particular certifications, authorisations and other documents produced by third parties or obtained by scanning, may not be fully accessible to assistive technologies.
- Images of text (criterion 1.4.5). Some event posters in the articles are published as images; their essential content is given in the alternative text and in the article text.
Accessible alternatives. If a document or any content on the website is not accessible to you, please write to info@chimet.com specifying the content you are interested in: we will do our best to provide you with the same information in an accessible format.
b) Disproportionate burden
No exemptions for disproportionate burden have been invoked.
c) Content not within the scope of the legislation
There is no content excluded from the scope of the legislation.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was updated on 05/11/2026 on the basis of a third-party assessment carried out by Bloomart S.r.l., the web agency responsible for the design, development and maintenance of the website on behalf of Chimet S.p.A., by staff with specific technical expertise in digital accessibility.
The assessment is based mainly on manual testing against the WCAG 2.1 level A and AA success criteria, carried out on a representative sample of pages and on all page templates of the website, in Italian and English:
- screen reader testing: use of content, navigation, forms and interactive components with assistive technologies, checking accessible names and roles, alternative texts, heading structure, page language and how states and messages are announced;
- usability testing of the main navigation paths and contact forms;
- full keyboard navigation: focus order and visibility, menus and submenus, tabs, carousel, modal windows, absence of keyboard traps;
- visual checks: colour contrast, use of colour, text resizing and reflow down to 320 pixels wide (equivalent to 400% zoom), text spacing, moving content, display on mobile devices;
- forms: labels, indication of required fields, error handling and announcement, submission result;
- documents and multimedia: check of linked PDF documents (presence of tags and selectable text) and of videos.
Automated analysis tools (axe-core 4.10, WCAG 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 level A and AA rules) were used to support the manual testing, run on all 98 reachable pages of the website, on pages not linked from the menu and on the error page, together with a check of internal links.
The statement was last reviewed on 05/11/2026. It is reviewed at least once a year and whenever substantial changes are made to the website.
How to report issues and contact details of the provider
Anyone can report accessibility problems on this website or request non-accessible information and content by writing to info@chimet.com, specifying the web page concerned and the nature of the problem. Chimet S.p.A. will reply within 30 days.
Person responsible for reports: Chimet S.p.A. – Via dei Laghi 31/33, 52041 Badia al Pino (AR), Italy – e-mail info@chimet.com – tel. +39 0575 4151
How to report issues to AgID
If the reply is unsatisfactory or no reply is received within thirty days of the notification or request, the person concerned may submit a report using the following link: https://www.agid.gov.it/it/reclamo.
Website information
- Website publication date: 10/11/2026
- Usability tests carried out: yes
- CMS used for the website: none; custom-built website (PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript)
- Languages: Italian, English
Further information: improvements made with this update
Compared with the previous statement of 23/05/2024, the following issues, among others, have been fixed:
- added a “Skip to main content” link and a visible keyboard focus indicator on all interactive elements;
- menus, submenus, mobile menu, language selector and modal window made fully keyboard operable, with their states conveyed to assistive technologies (open/closed, current page); the modal window closes with the Esc key and returns focus;
- tabs and filters on the Catalysts, Chemical products, Metal trading office, Certifications and Initiatives pages, and the home page carousel navigation, made keyboard operable (arrow keys, Enter, Space);
- added a control to pause the automatic carousel rotation and moving background videos; the system “reduce motion” preference is respected;
- added missing alternative texts to images and photo galleries in the articles; decorative images are hidden from assistive technologies;
- photo gallery viewer: focus moves into the gallery when it opens and stays there, buttons are named in the page language, and focus returns to the original image when it closes;
- fixed insufficient colour contrast (green boxes, tabs, links, buttons, notifications, breadcrumbs, 404 page);
- links within text can be identified without relying on colour (underlined);
- contact forms: visible labels associated with fields, required fields indicated, autocomplete attributes, error messages linked to fields and announced, submission result conveyed to assistive technologies;
- correct heading structure (one main heading per page, no skipped levels) and unique, descriptive page titles;
- removed duplicate identifiers and invalid ARIA references, fixed invalid lists, indicated links opening in a new window, fixed a broken link.
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