EPC Groupe
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{{Infobox company
| name = Explosifs Produits Chimiques S.A.
| trade_name = EPC Groupe
| industry = {{ubl|Explosives|Drilling}}
| founded = {{start date and age|1893}}
| hq_location_city = Paris
| hq_location_country = France
| subsid = 50 subsidiaries in 20 countries
| website = {{url|epc-groupe.com}}
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EPC Groupe (Explosifs Produits Chimiques S.A.) is a French multinational company that trades in explosives and drilling; It is one of the world’s leaders in explosives manufacture, storage and distribution and in particular drilling and blasting.
History
It was founded in 1893 by [https://www.epc-groupe.com/notre-histoire/ Eugène-Jean Barbier] and its first implantation was in Saint-Martin-de-Crau (France).
Structure
It is headquartered in La Défense (France). It has over [https://en.epc-groupe.com/locations/ fifty subsidiary] companies around the world.
=United Kingdom=
In the UK it has two sites, in Somercotes,[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00084170 EPC United Kingdom plc] Derbyshire and Great Oakley, Essex, known as EPC-UK. It began in the UK in 1905. The UK head office is south of the A38, at the B600 junction. It started in the UK as Explosives and Chemical Products (ECP), later part of Exchem. It has a 12,000 acre test site on the Essex coast at Hamford Water in Tendring. Exchem had a subsidiary in Essex, Thames Nitrogen, that made explosives.
Products
It produces around 145,000 tonnes of explosive annually.
References
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External links
- [http://en.epc-groupe.com/ EPC Groupe]
- [https://www.epc-groupe.co.uk/ EPC Groupe UK]
Category:French companies established in 1893
Category:Chemical companies of France
Category:Companies based in Derbyshire
Category:Explosives manufacturers
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Paris
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1893