Welcome to the Institute of Makers of Explosives

The IME is the Safety and Security Institute of the commercial explosives industry. The Institute represents U.S. manufacturers of high explosives and other companies that distribute explosives or provide related products and services. The Institute has promoted safety and security practices throughout the life cycle of industrial explosive products for more than 100 years. An average of 3 million metric tons of explosives are consumed annually in the United States, of which IME member companies produce over 95 percent. They are essential to energy production, highway and building construction, and the manufacture of almost all metal and mineral products.

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12/18/2024

IME Applauds House Passage of the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act

IME President Clark Mica: "Passage of the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act is a win for our nation’s essential transportation workforce."

11/22/2024

IME Applauds Senate Passage of the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act

IME President Clark Mica: "Today’s transportation workers, including those who transport commercial explosives, face a number of duplicative background checks and fees that increase costs and decrease efficiency in the system. The Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act is important because it streamlines the process by allowing workers to apply existing valid background checks to multiple TSA-managed credentialing programs."

11/08/2024

IME Applauds DOD Award to Construct Domestic TNT Production Facility

In the commercial explosives industry, TNT is a key raw material for producing cast boosters, a commercial explosive product which is widely used in the $121.7 billion mining industry and the $2.2 trillion quarry and construction industries. Without these products, essential infrastructure projects like roads, bridges, tunnels and pipelines - would be severely hampered.

Explosives: The Ultimate Power Tool

Imagine a world without safe, reliable, and efficient explosives products. Imagine if Alfred Nobel had not invented dynamite, as well as all of the other products that have evolved into what is in use today. Our modern world today would not be possible without commercial explosives.