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TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
1.
Agreement. Customer and Applied Composites Engineering, Inc.
("ACE") hereby acknowledge and agree that the agreement between
them consists of a Purchase Order submitted by Customer to ACE,
ACE's Sales Order Acknowledgement and these Terms and Conditions
("Order Documents"). ACE hereby agrees to manufacture and deliver
the products and otherwise perform pursuant to the Order Documents.
Customer agrees to pay ACE for the product and otherwise perform
pursuant to the Order Documents. In the event of any conflict or
ambiguity among the Order Documents, Customer and ACE hereby acknowledge
and agree that the Terms and Conditions shall take precedent over
any other document. ACE's acceptance of any Purchase Order from
Customer is hereby expressly conditioned on Customer's assent to
any additional or different terms herein. ACE 's acknowledgement
of the Purchase Order is a counter-offer incorporating the terms
set forth in the Terms and conditions and, in the event Customer
objects to any such provision, Customer must object prior to ACE's
performance or, in any event, within two (2) business days of the
date of ACE's acknowledgement.
2.
Pricing and Shipment. a) All shipments from
ACE shall be F.O.B. ACE's factory; b) all ACE invoices are due for
payment by Customer within thirty (30) days after the date of the
invoice, c) preparation and delivery of products shall be made on
a commercially reasonable effort basis. ACE makes no guarantee or
warranty as to delivery dates and shall not be liable if Customer's
desired shipping date is not met; and d) prices listed in the invoice
do not include sales, use, excise, or similar taxes. The amount
of any tax applicable to Customer's purchase of product shall be
added to the invoice and paid by Customer.
3.
Limited Warranty and Limitation of Remedies. ACE warrants
the Customer that the product is free from defects in materials
and workmanship at the time of Customer's purchase. If a product
is found to be defective at any time within one (1) year from the
date of purchase, ACE will, as Customer's sole and exclusive remedy,
at ACE's option, either repair or replace the defective product,
or refund the Customer's purchase price of the product, within a
reasonable time after written notification of the defect and return
of the defective product to ACE. The warranty does not apply to
product failures resulting from accident, abuse, alteration, neglect,
improper handling or storage, or wear from ordinary use. If ACE
defaults on its obligation to Customer under this warranty or otherwise
becomes liable in connection with its performance obligations under
the Order Documents, ACE's obligation will be limited to the amount
Customer paid for the product. THESE WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSELY IN
LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
ANY ADDITIONAL WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS IS
AN ADDITIONAL TERM NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ACE. ACE HEREBY OBJECTS TO
ANY SUCH ADDITIONAL WARRANTY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ACE BE
LIABLE TO CUSTOMER OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF ACE HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY OTHER PROVISION IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THE WARRANTY
SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL RUN IN FAVOR OF CUSTOMER ONLY AND
SHALL NOT BENEFIT THE HEIRS, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS OF CUSTOMER.
4.
Arbitration/Applicable Law. Any disputes as
to the interpretation or performance under the Order Documents shall
be submitted for arbitration in Indiana under the rules of the American
Arbitration Association. All costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys' fees and other expenses) shall be borne by the losing
party. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance
of the Order Documents shall be governed by the laws of the State
of Indiana. The Indiana state courts of Marion County, Indiana (or,
if there is exclusive federal jurisdiction, the United States District
Court of the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division)
shall have exclusive jurisdiction and venue over any dispute arising
out of the Order Documents, and customer hereby consents to the
jurisdiction of such courts.
5.
Attorneys' Fees. In the event of a breach of any provision
of the Order Documents by Customer, and in addition to any other
remedies available to ACE, Customer hereby agrees to pay all costs
and expenses, including attorneys; fees, incurred by ACE in enforcing
the Order Documents, provided that ACE is the prevailing party in
such proceedings.
6.
Waiver/Entire Agreement. No waiver or modification of the
Order Documents, including by course of dealing of performance,
shall be effective unless ratified in writing and signed by both
parties. Any failure delay by either party in exercising any right
or remedy in one or many instances will not prohibit a party from
exercising it at a later time or from exercising any other right
or remedy. The Order Documents supersede all prior agreements, if
any, whether written or oral, between the parties. Each party agrees
that it has not relied on any covenant, representation, warranty,
or provision not explicitly stated in the Order Documents, and that
no oral statement has been made to either party that in any way
tends to waive any of the terms or conditions of the Order Documents.
7.
Changes to Specifications. Changes to the
specifications requested by Customer are subject to approval by
ACE in writing. In the event of any such change, ACE shall be entitled
to revise its price and delivery schedules to reflect such change.
ACE will promptly inform Customer, in writing, of price and delivery
impact. ACE will only make such changes upon receipt of written
approval from Customer. Changes in scope, design or function requested
by the customer that impacts ACE's scheduling, will incur a minimum
interrupt charge of $350.00 for scheduling costs to ACE per incident.
If ACE requests information from customer to continue job, the customer
will provide information in a timely manner as not to impact production
at ACE. If customer does not provide the requested information in
a timely fashion and this lack of information impacts ACE's production
scheduling, the customer will incur a minimum charge of $350.00
per incident and resulting delivery impact.
8.
Specially Manufactured Goods. Any tooling
or other equipment which ACE may use in manufacturing products designed
to Customer's specifications is not part of the sale to Customer
and shall remain ACE's property, even if the sales price includes
a charge for the use of such tooling. Any intellectual property
developed by ACE in designing products for Customer shall remain
the property of ACE, provided, however, that ACE grants Customer
a nonexclusive license to use or sell such products purchased from
ACE. Customer will indemnify and hold harmless ACE as to any claims
brought or damages suffered because of any claimed unfair competition
or patent, trademark or copyright infringement, or any other claim
resulting from ACE's manufacture of the products to Customer's specifications.
9.
Solvency and Security Interest. Customer represents
to ACE that Customer is solvent. Customer grants ACE a security
interest in all goods to secure Customer's present and future obligations
to ACE. At ACE's request, Customer shall give ACE a signed financing
statement reflecting the security interest.
10.
Separability. Each paragraph and provision of these terms
and conditions is severable from the entire agreement and if any
provision of the terms and conditions is held invalid, the remainder
of the terms and conditions will, nevertheless, remain in full force
and effect.
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