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About IME
What We Do
The IME develops recommendations and guidelines for all facets of explosives operations from manufacture to use and disposal. These recommendations and guidelines are produced as Safety Library Publications and promoted throughout the industry and to regulating agencies. These documents are available on the Safety Publications pages of this site.
The institute also participates in the the development of industry standards and best practices with membership and participating relationships in the following organizations.
- National Fire Protection Association
Technical Committee on Explosives, NFPA 495 and 498
Technical Committee on Static Electricity, NFPA 77
Technical Committee on Lightning, NFPA 780
Chair of the Task Force on Buildings that House Explosives
Author of chapters on explosives in the NFPA Fire Protection Handbook
and the NFPA Inspection Manual
- American National Standards Institute
Committee on Safety Requirements for Construction and Demolition
Operations, ANSI A10.7
- International Code Council
- International Building Code
- International Fire Code
- International Society of Explosives Engineers Security Committee
- Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC) Perchlorate Working Group
- Dangerous Goods Advisory Council -- Board Member
- Council on Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles -- Member
- United Nations (UN) - Member of US Delegation
Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (TDG)
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling (GHS)
UN Model Recommendations and Test Manual
- International Conference of Chief Inspectors of Explosives -- Guest/observer
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) International Group of experts on the explosion risks of Unstable Substances (IGUS) Explosive, Propellants and Pyrotechnics (EPP) Working Group -- Guest/observer
- Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board's (DDESB) Risk Based Explosives Safety Criteria Team (RBESCT), SAFER explosives risk model -- Guest/member
- Federation of European Explosives Manufacturers (FEEM) -- Associate Status
- Canadian Explosives Industry Association (CEAEC) -- Guest Participant
- National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) -- Council Member
- Interested Parties for Hazardous Materials Transportation -- Co-facilitator
Our History
 Early attempts to organize an association representing the makers of commercial explosives lacked success in attracting all manufacturers to membership and thus these organizations did not survive. The Gunpowder Trust Association was founded and disbanded in 1904, followed by the formation of the Association of Independent Powder and Dynamite Manufacturers and in 1906 by the Association of Manufacturers of Powder and High Explosives.
On July 15, 1913, the first organizational meeting of the Institute of Makers of Explosives took place at the Congress Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The Institute was organized to gather and distribute accurate information regarding the industry; to maintain high and uniform explosives manufacturing standards and inform the public regarding the proper use of same.
Founding Members
The following companies attended the first meeting of the IME and became the founding
members.
- Aetna Powder Company
- American Powder Mills
- Atlas Powder Company
- Austin Powder Company
- Burton Powder Company
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Equitable Powder Manufacturing Company
- Fort Pitt Powder Company
- Hercules Powder Company
- Illinois Powder Company
- Independent Powder Company of Missouri
- Jefferson Powder Company
- Keystone National Powder Company
- King Powder Company
- Miami Powder Company
- Rand Powder Company
- Senior Powder Company
- Standard Powder Company
- United States Powder Company
Five working committees were formed:
- Committee on Trade Conditions and Promoting the Use of Explosives
- Committee on Traffic and Storage Conditions
- Committee on Welfare of Employees
- Committee on Uniform Legislation
- Committee on Standardization.
Year by Year History
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