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Malta Fireworks
is a family
enterprise located in Malta. Established in the year 2000 , the company specializes
in the design and production of traditional Maltese Irdieden. Malta
Fireworks exports and distributes Irdieden to several places around the
world.
Malta Fireworks is run and managed by Toni Busuttil and his son Clint.
Toni’s first Raddiena was in 1974, for the feast of St. Mary in
Mqabba,
Malta.
More Irdieden were manufactured in the following years, where one can still
find them in various villages in
Malta
and Gozo.
In
October of the year 2000, thanks to Harry Gilliam of Skylighter, the
Irdieden were introduced in America with the Crackerjacks Then in the year
2002, Malta Fireworks participated with the M.P.A.G., displaying 3 Irdieden
at the final show at the PGI convention in Fargo….Symphony of Fire.
In
the year 2003, in Montreal Canada, at the SAQ World Fireworks competition
Malta Fireworks participated with PyroMagic Productions and displayed 1
Raddiena which was part of a 30 minute pyromusical show… Result Bronze
Medal.
Malta Fireworks took part in various other displays outside Malta in the
coming years, the biggest being in Hong Kong where 5 Irdieden were displayed
as part of the closing ceremony of the Cathay Pacific International Jockeys'
Competition. New Zealand, Australia, Sweden, India, United Kingdom, Italy
and Hong Kong were amongst the countries in which the Irdieden were
displayed.
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