Company Profile
MAXAM North America, Inc
Company Overview
Please visit our website at www.maxam-na.com
We are Maxam North America, Inc., a worldwide manufacturer, distributor and licensor of commercial explosives and accessories, a researcher and developer of new products and processes and a technical and service provider delivering optimal blast performance to mining, quarrying and construction industries in North America and worldwide.
Company History
The company was originally founded in 1979 and has gained a strong reputation for providing highly professional blast expertise and leading-edge technology to optimize blasting programs to all kinds of projects and applications. The key to this reputation is our commitment to continuous research and development and we are the proud holders of more than 20 formulation and process patents including HEF® and most recently EMGEL®.
Our head office is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, where we service the precious metal and coal operations of the Western US. In 1981, Maxam North America, Inc. introduced an advanced explosives system to the mining industry based on HEF®-High Energy Fuel, which when blended with ammonium nitrate prills forms Heavy ANFO. Heavy ANFO has significant water resistance, higher density and greater energy than ANFO. Maxam North America, Inc. was a leader in the introduction of Heavy ANFO worldwide.
Maxam North America, Inc. expanded during the 90's by acquiring three distinct subsidiary operations, Green Mountain Explosives in New England, Tennessee Blasting Services, in the southeast USA and O'Brien Design Associates, a leading manufacturer of shock tube, detonators and detonating cord, located in Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Maxam North America, Inc. is proud to be a part of the MAXAMCorp, S.A. group of companies. MAXAMCorp, S.A. has been manufacturing explosives since 1896 and now employs over 9,000 people internationally, becoming the largest explosives company in Europe and one of the largest players in the industry worldwide.
This relationship gives Maxam North America, Inc. access to a complete range of MAXAMCorp, S.A. products and services and to its impressive Bilbao, Spain R&D Department, where new products and technologies are constantly being developed and tested.
Maxam North America, Inc. - always developing new ways to move rock!
Notable Products / Brands
Emgel's 200,450,600, PS. HEF, HEF-7 (Bulk) Zipdet (TL), Zipdet (MS) (TT), Zipdet (MSC), Riodet, Seismic Riodet, Anfo, WR Anfo, Riofrag, Riofrag Blends, Zipline, ZBoost