Dyno Nobel is a major manufacturer of explosives. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Incitec Pivot Limited

Incitec Pivot Limited

Incitec Pivot Ltd. is an Australian chemicals & explosives manufacturer based in Southbank, Victoria. Incitec Pivot is the largest supplier of fertilisers in Australia; the largest supplier of explosives products and services in North America; and the second largest supplier of explosives...

, and its customers include users in the mining, quarry, construction, pipeline and geophysical exploration industries. Dyno Nobel have offices in West Valley City, Utah

West Valley City, Utah

West Valley City is a city in Salt Lake County and a suburb of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The population was 129,480 at the 2010 census,...

 and Sydney, Australia.

The predecessor companies of Dyno Nobel go back to the invention by William Bickford of the safety fuse

Safety fuse

The safety fuse is a type of fuse invented and patented by William Bickford in 1831. Originally it consisted of a "tube" of gunpowder surrounded by a water-proofed varnished jute "rope". It replaced earlier and less reliable methods of igniting gunpowder blasting charges which had caused many...

 in 1831 and Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel

Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. He is the inventor of dynamite. Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments...

's detonator of 1865 and dynamite

Dynamite

Dynamite is an explosive material based on nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth , or another absorbent substance such as powdered shells, clay, sawdust, or wood pulp. Dynamites using organic materials such as sawdust are less stable and such use has been generally discontinued...

 of 1866.

Bickford-Smith & Company started operations in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 in 1836, and it became The Ensign-Bickford Company

Ensign-Bickford Company

The Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense 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...

. Dyno Nobel ASA merged with this company in 2003 and formed the Dyno Nobel company.