UTEC Corporation Information

UTEC Corporation is an independent explosives laboratory, offering state of the art testing and analysis to clients worldwide. The company is a leader in commercial explosives technology including development, analysis, testing and manufacturing. UTEC operates a chemical research and development laboratory near Riverton, Kansas, which specializes in commercial explosives development and analysis. The Company also operates a destructive test facility near Hallowell, Kansas, which specializes in determining the detonating characteristics of commercial explosives. UTEC is unique, as one of the few remaining independent commercial energetic material testing, development and manufacturing companies in the world. The company has the only remaining actively used underwater energy testing facility in North America. The current test facility has been in operation for over 40 years, with continual upgrades to meet today's marketplace demands. UTEC's staff consists of a team of highly trained scientists and technicians, who represent over 100 years of combined experience in the handling and testing of explosives and energetic materials The company was founded over fifty years ago to serve the needs of commercial explosives producers in the coal and metals industries, and has grown to serve the top domestic and international commercial explosives producers, key Department of Defense contractors, and numerous regulatory agencies including the ATF, DOT, and security services. UTEC and predecessors have licensed and sold explosives and energetic materials technology in the following countries: