Hercules Inc.

Japanese: Hercules Inc.(英語表記)HerculesInc
Hercules Inc.

…High explosives such as PETN, RDX, and HMX are used as military explosives, and composite propellants are now used as rocket propellants. [Tadao Yoshida]
[Industry]
The world's major explosives manufacturers include DuPont de Nemours, Hercules Inc., and Atlas in the United States, Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in the United Kingdom, Dynamite Nobel in Germany, and Kema Nobel in Sweden. Nobel Industries of Sweden, where A. Nobel began manufacturing dynamite, merged with Kema Nord AB, a major Swedish chemical manufacturer, in 1977 to become Kema Nobel.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Hercules Inc." is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…軍用炸薬としてはPETN,RDX,HMX等の高性能爆薬が混合して使われ,ロケット推進薬としてコンポジット推進薬が新たに使われるようになった。【吉田 忠雄】
[工業]
 世界のおもな火薬メーカーには,アメリカのデュポン・ド・ヌムール,ハーキュリーズHercules Inc.,アトラス,イギリスのインペリアル・ケミカル・インダストリーズ(ICI),ドイツのダイナミート・ノーベル,スウェーデンのケマ・ノーベルKema Nobelなどがある。A.ノーベルがダイナマイトの製造を開始したスウェーデンのノーベル・インダストリーズ社は,1977年にスウェーデンの大手化学メーカーであるケマ・ノルド社Kema Nord A.B.と合併し,ケマ・ノーベル社となった。…

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