Austin Powder, a nearly 200-year-old, Cleveland-based provider of industrial explosives and engineered blasting services, has a few more bucks for its bang.. The company on Monday, July 1, said it has ...

Austin Powder began a phased restart of operations June 16 at its Red Diamond Plant, said Brad Kostka, a spokesperson for the public relations firm hired by the company.

Austin Powder Co. Its Cleveland factory, bought from the Cleveland Powder Co. in 1867, at the 5 Mile Lock of the Ohio Canal (under the later Harvard-Denison Bridge), blew up in 1907. Austin also built ...