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Primacord
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<p>Primacord is a brand of <a href="/facts/Detonating_cord/WYmF8lbI">detonating cord</a> used in <a href="/facts/Rock_blasting/lh38AsAB">blasting</a>. It was developed in 1936 by the <a href="/facts/Ensign-Bickford_Company/Tg0oyxFI">Ensign-Bickford Company</a>. Ensign-Bickford sold their <a href="/facts/Registered_trademark/B23H8IS0">registered trademark</a> for Primacord to <a href="/facts/Dyno_Nobel/nDoknr8h">Dyno Nobel</a> in 2003. which manufactures it in their <a href="/facts/Graham%2c_Kentucky/ksAJsSCM">Graham, Kentucky</a> factory. The name is also used as a <a href="/facts/Genericized_trademark/c9VgT8RG">genericized trademark</a> for any detonating cord. </p>