Founded in 1908 as Compania Nobel de Filipinas to manufacture blasting explosives for the mining industry, expanding into nitrogenous fertilizers and other products. Capitalization increased in 1931 when current style was adopted, Produces fertilizers (including calcium cyanamide, calcium carbide, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulphate), explosives (including dynamite, ballistite, tetryl and shimose), and other chemical products (including ammonia, ammonium perchlorate, butanol and picric acid).