Commercial Solvents Corporation - Wikipedia
The Commercial Solvents Corporation was established at the end of World War I; earning distinction as the pioneer producer of acetone and butanol by fermentation processes developed and patented by Dr. Chaim en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercia…
The Commercial Solvents Corporation was established at the end of World War I; earning distinction as the pioneer producer of acetone and butanol by fermentation processes developed and patented by Dr. Chaim en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercia…
Weizmann. Terre Haute, Indiana was chosen to be the site of CSC's research as this location made possible the expedient translation of new processes from the laboratory and demonstration plant into full production.[1][2]
As early as 1917, the corporation began work in
As early as 1917, the corporation began work in
Terre Haute, Indiana. It developed the conversion of corn and other grains into ethanol by fermentation. They later produced riboflavin by microbial action. Acetone was used in the manufacture of cordite explosive propellants critical to the Allied war effort (see Royal Navy
Cordite Factory, Holton Heath). Weizmann transferred the rights to the manufacture of acetone to the Commercial Solvents Corporation in exchange for royalties.[24]Winston Churchill became aware of the possible use of Weizmann's discovery in early 1915, and David Lloyd George, as
Minister of Munitions, joined Churchill in encouraging Weizmann's development of the process. Pilot plant development of laboratory procedures was completed in 1915 at the J&W Nicholson & Co gin factory in Bow, London, so industrial scale production of acetone could begin in six
British distilleries requisitioned for the purpose in early 1916. During World War II, he was an honorary adviser to the British Ministry of Supply and did research on synthetic rubber and high-octane gasoline. ILDC was founded in 1909 by the Zionist Federation as the Palestine
Land Development Company, or Palestine Land Development Corporation. Nimrodi joined the Palmach in 1948 as an intelligence officer and later the Mossad, and in 1956 was appointed the IDF military attaché and Israel Defense Ministry representative in Tehran. There he was involved
in Israel's large-scale arms sales to Iran in the 1960s.[2] "No Israeli representative in Iran during the shah's regime was more significant or influential than Nimrodi."[3] During this time Nimrodi provided "advice and training" to Iran's SAVAK secret service.[4]
Nimrodi
Nimrodi
returned to Israel after the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979, but continued to be involved in arms trading,[2][5] including a $135m sale of arms to Iran in 1981.[6] Nimrodi played a central role in the early stages of the Iran-Contra affair.[7][8] He published a book on the
affair in 2004.[9]
In 1987 Nimrodi took control of the Israel Land Development Company for $26m, and in 1992 Nimrodi acquired Maariv and became its chairman. Funding from one foreign country, Brunei, was botched when North's secretary, Fawn Hall, transposed the numbers of
In 1987 Nimrodi took control of the Israel Land Development Company for $26m, and in 1992 Nimrodi acquired Maariv and became its chairman. Funding from one foreign country, Brunei, was botched when North's secretary, Fawn Hall, transposed the numbers of
North's Swiss bank account number. A Swiss businessman, suddenly $10 million richer, alerted the authorities of the mistake. The money was eventually returned to the Sultan of Brunei, with interest.
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