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Nobel Energetics Limited

An Energetics Division Company, Chemring Group

Company Profile

Company Profile

Nobel Energetics has a long and distinguished history that has its origins in Nobel’s Explosives Company Limited, founded by Alfred Nobel on the Ardeer Peninsula on the West Coast of Scotland in 1871. Since then, the site has been continuously involved in the design, formulation and manufacture of a wide range of explosives, propellants and other energetic materials.

Today, Nobel Energetics has focused this scientific heritage into niche applications that demand controlled, high energy effects, best achieved by expert use of propellant and explosives technologies.

Nobel Energetics is highly skilled in the design and manufacture of products that use combinations of energetic materials to provide controlled high energy outputs from minimum space and weight envelopes

Such products include: rocket motors; rocket motor igniters: electro explosive devices; solid propellant gas generators; power cartridges; military demolition detonators; military grade detonating and ignition cords.

Applications include, rocket propulsion systems; release mechanisms for airborne weapon systems; missile guidance systems; safety and arming units, military demolitions and industrial safety systems.

In keeping with its focus on quality and performance the Business is registered to BS EN ISO 9001-2000 as well as maintaining LPC and UL registration for commercial fire protection products.

With its strong in-house team of UK based scientists and engineers and a well proven network of quality suppliers and partners, Nobel Energetics is well equipped to provide individual customers with tailor made solutions or to be a key partner in consortia bidding to win contracts for the development and production of future weapon systems.