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Explosives in Glenluce

A REVOLUTIONARY explosive replacement as safe as a party popper but which can rip rock apart is set to be made near Glenluce.

Behind the project is the system's inventor Ray Townley-Malyon. And all he needs is the go-ahead from Dumfries and Galloway Council and he is ready to go into production.

Alternative Excavation Systems Ltd., of which Ray is managing director, presently gets the explosive replacement made by an outside firm.

But it has created so much interest around the world that he wants to be involved in its manufacture himself.

And he reckons that it will create three jobs on the manufacturing side almost straight away with between ten and 12 on making and demonstrating the product within a year.