Ensign-Bickford Company
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 The company's headquarters in Simsbury, CT. | |
| EBA-D | |
| Founded | Simsbury, CT, USA (Template:1836) |
| Founder | William Bickford |
| Headquarters | Simsbury, Connecticut, United States |
Number of locations | 4 Locations (2016) |
| Parent | Ensign-Bickford Industries |
| Subsidiaries | NEA Electronics |
The Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (formerly The Ensign-Bickford Company) was started in 1836 in Simsbury, Connecticut as a manufacturer of William Bickford's safety fuse for use in mining. Safety fuse was a great advance in mining technology over the practice of filling holes with black powder. The next step in mining technology was detonating cord. Ensign-Bickford and other companies developed different versions of detonating cord. Ensign-Bickford's "Primacord" or "primercord"[1] became the functional generic name for detonating cord in North America. In May, 2003 Ensign-Bickford sold the trademarks and processes to Dyno Nobel Inc[2] of Australia (formerly of Norway).
References
External links
- Corporate website
- The Talk of Simsbury: Ensign Bickford Industries - Interview with Tom Perlitz, President and CEO of Ensign Bickford Industries, Inc.
Coordinates: 41°52′07″N 72°48′22″W / 41.8687°N 72.806°W