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... Both Bofors and KemaNobel have historic ties to Alfred Nobel, the great 19th century Swedish inventor who was the first to discover a way to detonate the flammable liquid nitroglycerin. 1984 Bofors acquires the majority shareholding in KemaNobel 1985 Bofors integrates the entire KemaNobel group and changes its name to Nobel Industries ... Probel becomes Nobel Biotech within KemaNobel Specialty Chemicals ...
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