Standard Fireworks (India)

Standard Fireworks is a company based in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India which manufactures safety matches, firecrackers, and other fireworks.

Standard Fireworks
Native name
sivakasi employer
Private
IndustrySafety matches, fireworks
Founded1942 (1942) Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India
FounderSri NRK Rajarathnam
Headquarters
Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu
,
India
Productsmatches, sparklers, fireworks
Websitewww.stdfireworks.com

Standard Fireworks was founded by Sri NRK Rajarathnam in 1942 in the town of Sivakasi. The company started by manufacturing match sticks but later expanded to fireworks.[1]

Standard Fireworks has also established collaborations with China-based manufacturers.[2]

The company's reports a 45% market-share in India and 5% of global exports. Standard Fireworks' Sivakasi facilities are spread over 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) land, using only 10% of the total land area out of environmental and safety concerns. The company employs over 10,000 personnel.[3]

Notes

  1. Karim Winata, Reed Darmon (2008). Made in India. Chronicle Books. pp. 172. ISBN 0811865029.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. A. H. Advani (2005). Business India, Issues 720-725.
  3. "Infrastructure". Standard Fireworks. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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