A brief history of excellence
1982 | First eco-friendly, recycled paper based and very special kind of snow, SnowCel. |
| 1985 | New range of artificial snow blowing machinery that uses water as a bonding agent. |
| 1991 | First super fine scale snow, C90, was developed for 'Thomas the Tank Engine'. |
| 1992 | Half size SnowCel developed for "Muppet Christmas Carol". |
| 1993 | "Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein", the first feature film to invest more than £100,000 on snow effects. |
| 1994 | First ‘James Bond’ movie contract, "GoldenEye". |
| 1994 | Worked directly for the Art Dept on "Madness of King George" winning a BAFTA for Production Design. |
| 1995 | Established of our first non UK representatives, Flash Barrandov Effects, in Prague. |
| 1996 | Developed the SnowEx foam rig, a much safer and faster snow foam laying system because it replaced the traditional stop/start air receiver with a constant flow pneumatic pump. |
| 1997 | Covered over 100 acres of land with artificial snow dressing for Kenneth Branagh’s "Hamlet". |
| 1998 | Developed the SnowGun backpack, the first light portable and silent falling snow generator. |
| 1999 | Established Snow Business Hollywood. |
| 2000 | "Band of Brothers" is the first production to invest over £750,000 on snow effects. |
| 2001 | Display Snow developed to meet the special needs of large public indoor events. This low dust product meets the high specifications required by fire officers responsible for large public arenas. Gladiator with Snow Business snow, won the Oscar for Best Special Effects. |
| 2002 | Development of ultra safe, efficient, high speed hot wax spray equipment to dress the huge areas required for "Day After Tomorrow". |
| 2005 | Established the nationally recognised professional training and grading scheme for snow technicians recognised by BECTU, PACT and JIGS. |
| 2006 | Won the Guinness World Record for the largest area ever covered with artificial falling snow. |
