The Austin Powder Technical Services Team in Germany recently faced a blast with unique challenges including 4 nearby structures, ranging from 10 to 80 meters away. Due to precise planning and blasting with E*STAR detonators, the Austin team helped t...
The RFID feature saves up to 50% of logging time compared to direct contact logging, or any other kind of detonator programming method. With RFID tagging, the Logger display will still show all the necessary details about the detonator and one L...
We use natural gas to make ammonia and that enables us to make Nitric Acid, Ammonium Nitrate (AN) PETN, ANFO, and Emulsion. PETN (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate) is a high explosive used to make many of our products, including detonating cord, detonato...
Cleveland, Ohio. Austin Powder, a leader in the manufacture, distribution, and application of industrial explosives and engineered blasting solutions, announces the release of its new E*STAR Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. Radio Fre...
Austin Powder is a privately held company operating in 24 countries, with 26 manufacturing plants and over 4,500 employees....
METHODICAL BLAST PATTERN EXPANSION BREAKS PRODUCTION RECORDS AND REDUCES COSTS BY 17.8% A customer faced blasted inventory shortages that were driven by demand for a highstripping ratio. After analyzing historic fragmentation data, the Austin Technic...
In January, Austin Powder acquired the majority stake in Nitrosul, the Brazilian company that produces explosives and blasting services for the construction and mining industry. This is the first Austin Powder operation in Brazil. Nitrosul Explosives...
Established in 1930 and covering 1200 acres in Vinton County, Ohio, Red Diamond is Austin Powder’s core manufacturing plant in North America. Nearly the entire line of Austin Powder Company products, excluding detonators, is produced at the Red...
At Austin Powder, natural gas, water, and air are the building blocks of our supply chain. We use these precious natural resources to make Anhydrous Ammonia which is then used to produce three important materials used later in our manufacturing proce...
Production equipment at this mine was often waiting to dig immediately following a blast. The objective was to catch up and then get ahead of production. The mine could not afford to have a single shot with oversized rock. The experts at Austin Powde...
We are a traditional manufacturer of initiation systems for industrial blasting operations and an important technological and research base for production and further development of initiation systems.
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