Standard Fireworks is a company based in

Sivakasi Sivakasi () is a city and Municipal Corporation in Virudhunagar District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This city is known for its fireworks, firecracker, matchbox and printing industries. Sivakasi city alone meets about 90% fire cracker ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

which manufactures

safety matches A match is a tool for starting a fire. Typically, matches are made of small wooden sticks or stiff paper. One end is coated with a material that can be ignited by friction generated by striking the match against a suitable surface. Wooden matc ...

firecrackers A firecracker (cracker, noise maker, banger) is a small explosive device primarily designed to produce a large amount of noise, especially in the form of a loud bang, usually for celebration or entertainment; any visual effect is incidental to ...

, and other

fireworks Fireworks are a class of Explosive, low explosive Pyrotechnics, pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. They are most commonly used in fireworks displays (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), combining a l ...

. Standard Fireworks was founded by N. R. K. Rajarathnam in 1942 in the town of Sivakasi. The company started by manufacturing match sticks but later expanded to fireworks. First directors of standard fireworks are Shri.K.A.A.Sankaralingam, Shri.K.A.A.Arunachalam, Shri.A.Chelladurai and Shri.Yennarkay.R.Ravindran Standard Fireworks has also established collaborations with

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-based manufacturers. The company's reports a 45% market-share in India and 5% of global exports. Standard Fireworks' Sivakasi facilities are spread over land, using only 10% of the total land area out of environmental and safety concerns. The company employs over 10,000 personnel.

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