Thiokol
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Thiokol was an American corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems. Its name is a portmanteau of the Greek words for sulfur () and glue (), an allusion to the company's initial product, Thiokol polymer.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Thiokol Chemical Corporation
- Company.logo
- Thiokol wordmark (1990–2001).svg
- Company.fate
- Purchased by ATK Launch Systems Group
- Company.foundation
- December 5, 1929
- Company.defunct
- 2007, succeeded by Orbital ATK; and later acquired by Northrop Grumman
- Company.location
- Ogden, Utah, US
- Company.industry
- Aerospace, Manufacturing, Chemicals
- Company.products
- Rocket engines, Snowcats
- Company.num_employees
- 15,000
- Company.parent
- Cordant Technologies
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1929
- Location
- Ogden, United States
- Also known as
- Thiokol, Thiokol Chemical Company, Thiokol Propulsion
- Status
- Inactive
ISNI 0000 0001 2172 7178
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.atk.com/business-groups/atk-aerospace
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2007-00-00
- inception
- 1929-01-01
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Thiokol was an American corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems. Its name is a portmanteau of the Greek words for sulfur () and glue (), an allusion to the company's initial product, Thiokol polymer.
The Thiokol Chemical Company was founded in 1929. Its initial business was a range of synthetic rubber and polymer sealants. Thiokol was a major supplier of liquid polymer sealants during World War II. When scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory discovered that Thiokol's polymers made ideal binders for solid rocket fuels, Thiokol moved into the new field, opening laboratories at Elkton, Maryland, and later production facilities at Elkton and at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville produced the XM33 Pollux, TX-18 Falcon, and TX-135 Nike-Zeus systems. It closed in 1996. In the mid-1950s the company bought extensive lands in Utah for its rocket test range.