Established in 1980, Premier Explosives is the maiden firm to enter the industrial explosives segment, manufacturing its products with high standards of quality, safety and reliability using completely indigenous technology. The company's top brass constitutes renowned technocrats with proven expertise in chemicals and energetic materials. Since inception, Premier has been a research and innovation driven firm. Premier is also the first company in the world to produce safer and greener NHN detonators on a commercial scale.
“Having visualized our critical strengths in processing high energy materials, we plunged into the opportunity more than two decades ago, thereby emerging as the first private sector company to venture into defence manufacturing”, emphasizes Dr. Amar Nath Gupta, Chairman & Managing Director, Premier Explosives Limited. This vision had indeed fuelled establishing a first-of-its-kind propellant and other high energy materials manufacturing facilities by a private company, even before ISRO and other defence customers floated their RFPs.
The company implemented Total Quality Management system much ahead of the competition. Aiding the firm to implement the quality systems effectively and be ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 9001: AS9100D certified. Premier's products are broadly classified as industrial explosives and energetic products for defence and space applications.
Bulk explosives, detonators, detonating fuses, cast boosters, and more are offered in the industrial explosives segment. Propellants for tactical and strategic applications, gas generators, pyrogen igniters, specialized squibs, pyrodevices, countermeasures (chaffs and flares), warheads, mines, bombs, munitions, high explosives, HMXRDX and their compounds, thermal insulation for fully assembled rocket motors/missiles and others are offered to the defence and space applications.
Premier's laboratories are NABL accredited – the first private company in the line of high energetic materials to receive this landmark recognition. The company’s in-house R&D efforts, bundled with a growing number of Transfer of Technology absorptions have positioned the company much ahead on the growth curve. Premier's reputation on manufacturing safe and reliable industrial explosives and high energy materials has gained traction to aid in building the trust for granting long-term O&M services at the prestigious solid propellant plants of ISRO and DRDO.
Premier's reputation on manufacturing safe and reliable high energy materials and industrial explosives has gained traction to aid in building the trust for granting long-term O&M services at the prestigious solid propellant plants of ISRO and DRDO
The company is changing the product mix to organize the phasing out of electric detonators by Petroleum & Explosive Safety Organisation by 2024. Premier is also chalking out its trajectory to become a global source for rocket motors and warheads. It intends to be a key player serving the domestic demand for ammunition, warheads, and all types of countermeasures. Being identified by ISRO as a source for processing and casting strapon motors for Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles, Premier intends to completely address the future requirements by becoming the primary source for propellant casting through private industry. The company also plans to set up a production facility near SHAR Sriharikota to meet such future demands.
The company has successfully completed design, development and delivery of three different types of rocket motors to renowned companies based in Israel, marking a major milestone in terms of proving the company’s technological prowess. It is also noteworthy to mention that another four types of rockets and warheads are currently in the process of development and manufacture against export orders. These achievements take us a step closer towards the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of achieving $ 5 Billion defence related exports in the next five years.
