Case Studies

Safety Culture
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Red Diamond
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Red Diamond is the main manufacturing facility for Austin Powder Company and it taps the local resources to provide a safe working environment with the technical people on site so they can supply quality products to the end use customer. They produce bagged ANFO, packaged blended products, different sizes of detonating cord, cast boosters, packaged emulsion, and bulk emulsion products. The recently added product line is the energetic materials plant which is used to produce PETN which will be used in cast boosters and detonating cord.
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Shared Values
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John LeGore, President of Luck Stone Corp. believes that the reason that there has been so much success between Austin Powder Company and Luck Stone Corp is because there is a high level of trust. It’s not just a relationship with a vendor, it’s a true partnership.
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Carmeuse
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In 2009 Austin Powder Company began a partnership with Carmeuse at their Maysville Operation. Kursten Walton, Carmeuse Regional Purchasing Manager described Austin Powder’s work at Carmeuse as the successful integration of competitive purchase price, serviceability and value added services including a suite of technical service specialties that support the total blasting process from start to finish. This is done by establishing baselines, making recommendations and dialing in the ideal result.
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Luck Stone
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Buscobel has been mining granite since 1880 and Luck Stone bought it in 1930. They produce a million and a half tons of material per year and ship it by rail and truck. Bryan Smith, Mine Development and Blasting Manager Luck Stone Corp says that “Without drilling and blasting we have nothing but a beautiful rock deposit.” And that’s where Austin Powder Company comes in. Austin Powder partners with Luck Stone to provide a down hole service to supply the bulk explosives. It’s a true partnership. If there are any issues Austin Powder jumps right in and get’s their hands dirty to get the issue resolved.
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Southeast
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The Southeast Llc covers 11 locations from Maryland to Florida and handles materials including limestone, granite and marine limestone but most important to Mike Harms, Southeast Llc President are the Austin Powder employees and customers.
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