With the aftermath of the incident at our manufacturing and storage facilities in Wallerawang, we have successfully presented all our New Years Eve fireworks displays around Australia, notably Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide's City displays. We are looking forward to Australia Day celebrations including Perth's Skyworks, the largest fireworks display on Australia Day. The incident which occurred December 8th has resulted in most buildings on the property being damaged in one form or another; consequently everything will be repaired or re-built in phases over the coming months. We have assigned a dedicated rebuilding team separate to our normal production team which will allow our production team to continue to deliver all projects as planned. We have not yet been able to determine the likely cause of the incident and we are assisting NSW WorkCover in their investigations to determine the cause.
Andrew and Christian Howard, Company Directors, have already drawn up plans to improve upon the facilities already high standard of security and safety to minimize future risk with the aim of this same scale incident to never occur again. The Howard & Sons family of staff have remained positive throughout this experience and everyone is looking forward to the exciting new future of our manufacturing facility and a variety of projects to be completed in 2008.
Andrew Howard says "Our gratitude to our entire team of staff for pulling together in such a difficult time is not possible to put in words and I know we would not come as far without their dedication, commitment and positive attitudes, which really makes Howard & Sons the successful family business it is. I'm very proud and appreciative of everyone's efforts."
Howard & Sons Pyrotechnics already has some exciting displays booked for 2008 including 40th Anniversary National Day Celebrations in Nauru, Adelaide's Clipsal 500, Adelaide Art Festival Opening Night, Moomba Festival in Melbourne, Sydney Royal Easter Show, a regional Australia & European ‘Crusty Demons' Tour, and invitations to International Fireworks Competitions in Montreal and Malaysia where we will compete against the best pyrotechnic companies from around the world and aim to bring home the gold medal for Australia.
We would like to thank you for your continued offers of help and support which have certainly attributed to us being able to continue operating business as usual. If you have any enquiries please contact Andrew Howard via email andrew@howardsfireworks.com.au or via phone on +61 2 9899 4096.
Regards,
Andrew Howard
Company Director
Howard & Sons Pyrotechnics
Unit 20/9 Hoyle Ave Castle Hill NSW 2154
Ph: +61 2 9899 4096
Fax: +61 2 9899 4196
andrew@howardsfireworks.com.au
