ZAMBELLI FIREWORKS MIXES OLDE-WORLD MASTERY WITH THE LATEST HI-TECH COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

FIREWORKS TECHNICIANS DISPLAY ULTIMATE SKILL!

New Castle, PA (July 4, 2007) - Perhaps no other industry challenges its technicians to be masters of both two-hundred year old techniques, as well as breakthrough state-of-the-art computer programming used in pyrotechnic fireworks displays.

At Zambelli Fireworks, show designers employ computer technology to actually visualize an entire show right on their laptops. These same designers also need to know what goes into setting and firing a show one shell at a time...all by hand.

"Our industry is probably the ultimate in old meets new," explains Zambelli Chairman George Zambelli, Jr. "The pyro-technicians that are with us have decades of experience. They are in my mind the most skilled technicians that you will find in any industry, anywhere! This is because they need to know how to employ techniques that go back hundreds of years in tandem with incredibly sophisticated computerized programming that is evolving and growing everyday. This is the equivalent of a technician that can tune up a Model T as easily as they can work on the most sophisticated Race Car."

One of Zambelli's show designers explains. "In one moment I can be glued to my laptop planning a show as complicated as the Time Square New Years Eve display that is fully computerized top to bottom. Then the next day I can be out on barges for 10 or 12 hours physically setting shells with my firing technician for another show that will literally be setoff by hand perfectly timed to the music. Every show is physically demanding because we still need to get out there and layout the show by hand. And every show needs to look its best no matter its planned or how it's fired."

As audience members stare up into the sky to ooh and ahh and the beautiful magic in the sky, few truly understand the months of planning and days of setup that each show requires. An average 15-20 minute 4th of July display takes all day to setup. Just one shell used in each display takes 3 days to make.

"The minute our last show is done on July 4th we're already starting to think about next year," states Zambelli, Jr. "There's not one day that goes by that we are not digging into our family's fireworks recipes to make our proprietary shells, while simultaneously developing brand new innovative computerized techniques. I believe one of the factors that has kept Zambelli Fireworks a leader in the industry is our staff's ability to continually mix olde-world with new edge. It's remarkable really when you think about what is involved."

This year Zambelli will be doing more than 1800 July 4th shows all coordinated from their New Castle. Pennsylvania headquarters, where fireworks are still made by hand. Some of the shows will be hand-fired and many of which will employ proprietary one-of-a-kind computerized technology. "No matter how the show is fired," explains Zambelli Jr. "it's still a Zambelli show and it will be done to the best of our abilities to the very highest of standards."

About Zambelli Fireworks
Zambelli is one of the oldest and largest American fireworks companies, with a name that is synonymous with quality, creativity and safety. The magic of Zambelli pyrotechnics has been televised around the world, on "MSNBC", "The Jimmy Kimmel Show" "The Carson Daly Show," "National Geographic," "The Discovery Channel," "The Learning Channel" and the British Broadcasting Company. To learn more about Zambelli, or to purchase the book written about their life and work, visit www.zambellifireworks.com. For the first name in fireworks, it's the last name Zambelli!

For further information contact: Marcy Zambelli 561-395-0955, mazzif@aol.com