For more than 180 years, Austin Powder Company has been in the business of helping customers break rock safely and efficiently. Our long history of serving the quarrying industry reflects the continuous development of new, safer and more reliable blasting products, and innovative technologies. Today, Austin serves quarrying operations throughout the Americas and around the world.
Without blasting, the aggregates industry would be incapable of meeting the crushed stone demand for building and maintaining the world’s infrastructure – roads, highways, and bridges. In addition, quarried rock products are used in pharmaceuticals, numerous household products, cosmetics, construction materials and a variety of necessities used by all of us every day.
Our commitment to the industry begins with our commitment to safety. We employ certified blasters, state-of-the-art delivery systems and the safest and highest quality products. We also place great importance on environmental concerns, minimizing or eliminating any environmental impacts.
Each quarry is different, each bench in the quarry is different, and every day, the conditions in the quarry are different. Getting the right sized rock, minimizing oversize and fines, is the goal no matter the changing conditions. Austin knows that the most cost-effective place to break rock is at the face.
So, here at Austin, we begin with helping our customers choose the right product for the specific application. Products such as Austin Powder’s E-Star Detonators, are critical – not only to achieve maximum environmental control but also for the best fragmentation results possible. And, used with Austin’s 440/4100 Series gassed emulsions, this level of control results in significant cost savings.
Austin provides services to our customers in three different areas: The first service area is the most fundamental – the safe delivery of quality products to customers who store their own products and perform their own blasting. In addition to reliably delivering the customer’s products on time, Austin is always available for technical support at a moment’s notice.
The second service area is daily delivery where Austin stores the product, manages the regulatory burden and delivers the product for the day’s blast to our customer’s internal blasting crew. Here again, Austin’s technical support can assist our customer’s blasting crew in numerous ways to help them achieve their desired results.
Austin’s third service area consists of a complete shot service. In this area, Austin provides the highest value to our customers. Through the deployment of our own blasting crew supported by our world-class technical services group, Austin brings all of our collective experience and high-quality resources to achieve the best results for our customers.
Fairborn Cement Company was facing a dilemma. As a manufacturer of cement in central Ohio, they were beginning to run out of limestone reserves - the primary ingredient in cement. The solution was obvious, but not simple. They needed access to the reserves on the other side of a busy public road that divided their property. The answer was to build a bridge, but in order to do that they needed the blasting expertise of Austin Powder. Here is their story.
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