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In uk.d-i-y, AlanG wrote:
As in ICI Nobel Division?

Yes.
I think they were up in Scotland.

I believe so - memory augmented by Google suggests both Ayrshire and
Dumfries. Presumably they put the plants in areas of relatively low
population density ;-)

The Stevenston ICI site (Ayrshire) is concerned with explosives manufacture.
Dunno if that's
its sole output though.
This ICI explosives site is built on the coast with lots of sand dunes
surrounding it (the folklore being that with sand
surrounding it German bombs were less likely to explode when dropped onto
sand during World War two).

Mungo