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Four years from idea to realisation – that’s exactly how quickly Randel Veerits, CEO of Hexest Materials AS, Estonia’s first explosives factory, promises to get the job done. Veerits may be a relatively unknown figure to the general public, but he has built the Viruvere plywood factory and the Paide dairy combine, and now a chemical plant producing RDX explosives. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Four years from idea to realisation – that’s exactly how quickly Randel Veerits, CEO of Hexest Materials AS, Estonia’s first explosives factory, promises to get the job done. 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