Chemplex Corporation entered the Zimbabwean scene in 1924 when AE&CI, a South African company then owned in equal shares by De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited and Nobel Industries Limited, opened a Sales and Distribution office in Bulawayo to supply the mining industry with explosives, and among other products. In those days Nobel used to make by mixing with salt. AE&CI had a solid reputation for maintaining a Chemical Services Department, staffed by qualified and experienced industrial chemist...