Pyrotex Fireworx - DaNang International Firework Festival DIFF 2017

Come April and the team jetted off to Vietnam to take part in the Danang International Firework Festival (DIFF for Short) where we were competing against 9 other teams from across the globe. The day after arriving the team got on site and the temperature in Danang was far from pleasant, and was likened to working inside an oven, especially when unloading the steel shipping containers. The crew spent long days on site working in the crazy heat which was around 40’C with around 90% humidity but by the end of the week, after numerous pictures and interviews with the local tv companies the crew ended up with 400-meter-long firing site stretching 11 single shot plates wide 3 deep with 9 cake and slice positions and 5 shell stations for the 20-minute show. On show day, nerves were high but everyone was raring to go, all three team’s shows were a success and fired beautifully, it was a tough competition for the judges but after what seemed to take an eternity the results came in. Mark and the other two team leaders were asked on stage we nervously awaited the results, unfortunately this time we came 3rd with Martarello clinching first prize.