Fireworks have become a major part of the opening and closing ceremonies of recent Olympic Games and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are carrying on this tradition. The most expensive Winter Olympics to date featured a firework display containing 3500 fireworks weighing a total of 22.5 tonnes. There was a technical early glitch however, when one of five illuminated snowflakes … [Read more...] about 2014 Winter Olympics Firework Display
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Chinese New Year in Hong Kong
Technicians from Pyromagic install fireworks on a barge for the Lunar New Year display. Well 2014 is the year of the horse and to celebrate it there have been some fantastic firework displays around the world. If you'd like to read about some of the history and traditions about Chinese New Year we have a link here to an article we have written. In Hong Kong's Victoria … [Read more...] about Chinese New Year in Hong Kong
World Record Firework Display
Guinness World Records adjudicators have confirmed that the Dubai New Year's Eve firework display was the largest ever New Year's Eve display. In fact enough fireworks were launched during the first minute of the display to break the previous record set by Kuwait in 2011 which was an hour-long display containing over 70,000 fireworks. With over half a million fireworks … [Read more...] about World Record Firework Display
Biggest daylight firework display
https://youtu.be/FPV8zdiySlI Whilst not the latest news, as it happened in 2011, we thought you might like to see a video that has just been shared on one of the groups we subscribe to. Daytime fireworks can be a bit of a disappointment compared to their night time cousins and certainly daytime fireworks that have been produced for the general public have never proved … [Read more...] about Biggest daylight firework display
BenWell Fireworks due to exhibit at 2014 Spring Fair
The Spring Fair is a major trade exhibition and over the years many firework companies have exhibited there. We have noticed over recent years that the number of firework companies exhibiting there has decreased and for 2014 currently there are only 3 firework companies planning to exhibit. Absolute Fireworks and Fireworks International have both been long supporters of the … [Read more...] about BenWell Fireworks due to exhibit at 2014 Spring Fair
