China

China is the country in the world that has the largest share of export of fireworks in relation to the gross national products.

Manufacturing fireworks today in Sweden is a financial impossibility but as lately as a few years ago a lot of Smålands Krutbruk’s consumer fireworks were produced in the company’s own facilities in Braås but today, most of the production is on subcontract in south China.

China is a country in transformation that means that living costs and prices are increasing. Nowadays the company management and the workers are free Saturdays and Sundays and holidays are granted for certain types of employment.

At our fireworks factory the employees must be at least 18 years of age but there are also trainees just like in Sweden. Practical accommodation near the factory makes it attractive to work in a Chinese fireworks factory and it is relatively well paid at about 500 kronor a month compared to about 1000 kronor per year for a private rice farmer in the country.

Our factories are quality factories with functioning manufacturing processes and control organizations. It is rare or seldom that the fireworks do not work and the error percent is not larger than if they had been manufactured in Sweden or in factories in Europe.

Småland’s Krutbruk is pleased that everything works in the way that it does and two control visits per year to the factory are sufficient to guarantee that the deliveries to Sweden will take place as planned.

Chinaboy with confetti july 2003 Five star wheel july 2003 Five star wheel rotating july 2003 Clay boy i SFX factory Clayboy in Jensung factory feb 04 First test water bomb i SFX factory Powder mixturing in SFX factory The middle brother in SFX factory Hong Kong airport Birthday cake with fountains Sep 04 Cake factory wheel transport Sep 04 30000 RMB store house cake factory Sep 04 Clay bottom crackling fountains Sep 04 Clay boys cake factory Sep 04 Clay lady cake factory Sep 04 Label glue girl Sep 04 Many cakes in cake factory Sep 04 Mixture pluging Sep 04 Nailing wooden plugs Sep 04 Paper tube boy cake factory Sep 04 Paper tube machine cake factory Sep 04 Pyronobel fountains drying in sunshine Sep 04 Wooden plugging in cake factory Sep 04 Woodenbox II ready sep 04 Power station Cake Factory Jan 05 Ordinary restaurant kitchen Hunan Jan 05 Jonas heating hands Jiiangxi Jan 05 Small flame 4 psc Jan 05 Guangzhou airport July 05 Electrical igniters during producing July 05 SFX factory producing E I July 05 Test Water Spinning July 05 Rice field Hunan July 05 Water resovar July 05 Johan at bridge July 05 New paper machine save five workers July 05 Paper machine July 05 Girl in Cake Factory July 05 Food supply local resturant July 05 Water buffalo July 05 Jonas to  water July 05 Director Cake Factory to water July 05 Pork drying July 05 Fresh chicken dinner July 05 Portfire test July 05 Hot Spring Hotel July 05 Steam pot before its explode july 05 Trade with Lotus nuts July 05 Johan play pool July 05 Lotus flower July 05 Lotus field July 05 Resturant July 05 Sheraton HK toalett July 05 Jonas Sheraton HK lobby July 05 Colourful cake fountains July 05 Johan as farmer July 05 Jonas as farmer July 05 Jonas with farmer July 05 Rice harving July 05 Farmer and Buffalo July 05 Boat in adventure area Sep 05 Climb area Sep 05 Coal in trailer Sep 05 Coal Mine rail road Sep 05 Coal Mine with trucks Sep 05 Delivery area coal mine Sep 05 Max front coal mine Sep 05 Fishing in Cake Factory Sep 05 Jonas and Max resting Sep 05 Jonas front coal mine Sep 05 Jonas to bath bridge Sep 05 Jonas with playing boys Cake Factory Sep 05 Max front coal mine Sep 05 Max raffting Sep 05 Max to bath bridge Sep 05 Max with stars Cake Factory Sep 05 Max with timber Sep 05 Near to Mosqito hotel Sep 05 Press Cut Stars Cake factory 05 Rope trail Sep 05 Smoking boy Cake Factory Sep 05 Test Comet balls 5 inch Testing Saxon Sun SFX Factory Sep 05 Transport bombs Cake factory Sep 05 White powder mix Cake Factory Sep 05 (12) White powder mix Cake Factory Sep 05 (13) White powder mix Cake Factory Sep 05 Wiew coal mine Sep 05 22 bier 135 RMB Sep 05 Drying rice Sep 05 Hillside swimarea Sep 05 Hurry coal miner Sep 05 Jonas and bridge Sep 05 Jonas give order  orange Sep 05 Lonley bike Cake Factory 05 Max and bridge Sep 05 Meat sell store Sep 05 China Crocodile July 05 Landmark Hotel Jan 06 Landmark Hotel pic 2 Jan 06 The tobacco company office June 06 Near to Leuyang area June 06 Jonas in Hunan June 06 Good looking dessert June 06 Boy playing confetti Hunan June 06 Blue Smoke SFX Factory Sep 06 Bomb pic 1JPG Bomb pic 2 Bomb pic 3 Bomb pic 4 Bomb pic 5 Bomb pic 6 Bomb pic 7 Jonas and Big Brother Liuyang Sep 06 Jonas in Acid Factory Sep 06 Stage Flame System DMX Feb 07 pic 1 Stage Flame System DMX Feb 07 pic 2 China June 07 003 Clay press machine June 06 Clay press machine pic 2 June 07 Shirley and Jonas Sukida factory June 07 Resa 088 Resa 095 Resa 096 Resa 112 Resa 113 Resa 115 Resa 117 Resa 085 Kina Juli 08 005 Kina Juli 08 006 Kina Juli 08 009 Kina Juli 08 010 Kina Juli 08 011