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10-02-2013, 07:53 PM
A friend sent me a picture of an old electric match from the 60’s made by The Atlas Powder Company. I figured I would start a thread about The Atlas Powder Company and see what members can contribute. I believe use of electric igniters may go back further than we realize. I have old display company sales brochures that mention igniters. I bet if we trace the history, these igniters developed out of the explosive industry and made their way into pyrotechnics. If anyone has any information about the history of electric match please contribute to this thread. I will post the picture again here.
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Here are some internet information in regard to Atlas Powder Company
In 1912, Atlas Powder Company was created in Wilmington, Delaware, when DuPont Company sold two explosives divisions, as mandated by "trust busting" enactments during the Theodore Roosevelt presidency. In the 1960s, Atlas Powder Company changed its corporate name to Atlas Chemical Industries
http://www.scripophily.com/webcart/vigs/atlaspowder2vig.jpg
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1960's
Atlas Powder Company changed its corporate name to Atlas Chemical
Industries and purchased The Stuart Company. The Stuart Company was
renamed Stuart Pharmaceuticals, and became a division of Atlas
Chemical Industries, with headquarters in Pasadena, California. An R&D
unit dedicated to new drug research was established in Wilmington as
part of Atlas? R&D facilities.
1972: ICI acquired Atlas Chemical Industries, and moved the U.S.
headquarters of ICI America from Stamford to the Fairfax campus in
Wilmington, Delaware. Headquarters of the Stuart Pharmaceuticals
Division was relocated from Pasadena to offices in Concord Plaza in
Wilmington, Delaware
http://www.pasty.com/cam/2005/b0424.jpg
http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/files/2011/09/AtlasPowderCo.jpg
http://www.coppercountry.com/gallery/albums/Copper_Country_History/AtlasPowderCoSentorLoc1950.sized.jpg
http://imperialantiques.biz/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/DSCF0652.199184831.JPG
http://pix.epodunk.com/locatorMaps/de/DE_9086.gif
410
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Here are some internet information in regard to Atlas Powder Company
In 1912, Atlas Powder Company was created in Wilmington, Delaware, when DuPont Company sold two explosives divisions, as mandated by "trust busting" enactments during the Theodore Roosevelt presidency. In the 1960s, Atlas Powder Company changed its corporate name to Atlas Chemical Industries
http://www.scripophily.com/webcart/vigs/atlaspowder2vig.jpg
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1960's
Atlas Powder Company changed its corporate name to Atlas Chemical
Industries and purchased The Stuart Company. The Stuart Company was
renamed Stuart Pharmaceuticals, and became a division of Atlas
Chemical Industries, with headquarters in Pasadena, California. An R&D
unit dedicated to new drug research was established in Wilmington as
part of Atlas? R&D facilities.
1972: ICI acquired Atlas Chemical Industries, and moved the U.S.
headquarters of ICI America from Stamford to the Fairfax campus in
Wilmington, Delaware. Headquarters of the Stuart Pharmaceuticals
Division was relocated from Pasadena to offices in Concord Plaza in
Wilmington, Delaware
http://www.pasty.com/cam/2005/b0424.jpg
http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/files/2011/09/AtlasPowderCo.jpg
http://www.coppercountry.com/gallery/albums/Copper_Country_History/AtlasPowderCoSentorLoc1950.sized.jpg
http://imperialantiques.biz/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/DSCF0652.199184831.JPG
http://pix.epodunk.com/locatorMaps/de/DE_9086.gif