Black Powder Mill and Estes Energetics

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lakeroadster

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Savvy move on Estes' part...

"Hodgdon decided to get out of the business after the explosion, and sold the mill last year to one of its shortlist of commercial customers, a model-rocket maker in Penrose, Colo., named Estes Industries. The Pentagon helped the transition with a $3.5 million investment in mill upgrades under the Defense Production Act, which provides funding for national defense, part of a larger program designed to alleviate the problem of having critical resources produced in far-flung, sometimes unreliable places."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-...OmclIeSrl1hyZ2amk5ne7WH-Wm4poCB9jT_OwDGy3Bbkk
 
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