Atlas Powder Company
Atlas Powder Company was an American explosives and chemicals company. It was one of the two companies that emerged out of a court-ordered breakup of the explosives monopoly of Du Pont Powder Company, the explosives and gunpowder company founded by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours.
Company type | Public company |
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Industry | Chemicals, explosives |
Founded | 1912 |
Fate | Reenamed Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc., then acquired by Imperial Chemical Industries |
Successor | AstraZeneca |
Headquarters | Wilmington, , United States |
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