The Czech company Austin Detonator s.r.o. interested in the production of drafts in Kazakhstan. With the support of KAZAKH INVEST and the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan Engineering National Company JSC starts negotiations with the Czech company Austin Detonator.

Austin Detonator s.r.o. together with JSC "NC "Kazakhstan Engineering" plans to produce checkers in the amount of 200-300 thousand tons per year. The national company has the ability to fully provide raw materials for production (TNT, RDX, gunpowder). The Czech partners, for their part, are working on the installation of technological equipment for the production of plastic checker boxes and the organization of a laboratory, which will allow the production of finished products for export.

According to a representative of Austin Detonator, the Kazakh market is of great interest to the company, and due to the changed international situation, they are considering the possibility of opening a plant in Kazakhstan. The company plans to implement joint investment projects together with NC Kazakhstan Engineering JSC. The regional director of the company, Libor Bartek, spoke about this at the meeting.

Austin Detonator (part of the Austin Powder Company) is the largest manufacturer of detonation materials for industrial blasting in Europe. The product line is very diverse and includes electric/non-electric general purpose detonators for the oil and gas industry, electronic systems, as well as components for the production of detonation materials: primers, waveguides, ignition heads, etc. Austin Europe has 12 representative offices in the European Region with a total of over 1000 employees. The company supplies products worldwide and provides blasting, technical support and blasting optimization services.