Talk:Giant Powder Company

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... (This article was tagged within 2-3 minutes of my beginning to start the article---I'm still filling it out. The reason will be clear.  In this instance, this was the first company in the US to produce dynamite) --Tmangray (talk) 01:40, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Fate of company
What happened to the company? Was it sold to another company, or did it close down or change its name? Eastmain (talk • contribs) 14:34, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

The Atlas Powder Co. acquired Giant in 1915. I haven't been able to ascertain yet whether the plant at Point Pinole actually changed its name or whether it kept the Giant brand. Maybe someone else will eventually be able to fill in more details. Tmangray (talk) 23:34, 30 January 2018 (UTC)


 * The Point Pinole Giant plant apparently operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlas Powder Co. until 1961. Atlas Powder became part of Atlas Chemical Co. The Atlas Chemical Company was bought by Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), a diversified U.K. chemical company, in 1971. Atlas ceased to exist as a separate entity and became ICI Americas Inc. Bruin2 (talk) 20:00, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Article classification
This article meets the requirements for start class and mid importance for WP:California.Bruin2 (talk) 20:37, 28 July 2018 (UTC)