Praise to these people for even trying to build this plant. During the last powder and primer shortage, I was contacted by an investment group about setting up a plant to manufacture powder and possibly primers. One of the members knew I hold a degree in Chemistry, had experience as a process/production engineer, and reloaded for shooting competition. The discussion soon went to primer production as the primers are the lodgepole item for ammunition.
There are major stepping stones (delays and blockages) along the way:
- Getting a firm to design the plant is not easy, many firms shy away due to fear of future litigation if anyone is injured in a dangerous setting.
- Federal government environmental and OSHA regulations for a new plant are hideous, the state adds their regulations to the batch.
- Then getting funding for a plant that may blow up is difficult, bankers want their safety people to review all plans.
- Hiring production workers with the ability to follow established procedures is almost impossible as your Human Resources people suddenly become experts because they once read a Reader's HR rules.
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