Snowmasters

Snowmasters Inc. is special effects company headquartered in Lexington, Alabama. The firm, founded in 1992 by former magician Francisco Guerra, specialises in artificial snow and fog machines. The company's products have been used in film productions, television shows such as "Fear Factor" and at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2005-11-03-francisco-the-snowman_x.htm|title=Inventor of snowmaking machines full of ideas|date=3 November 2005|work=Associated Press|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=2008-08-14]

History

The company was founded in 1992 after Francisco Guerra, a Cuban native who emigrated to the United States as a child, utilized a system for producing artificial snow to use in his magic shows. Guerra developed a 98% water and 2% surfactant solution [cite news|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070714.COLDSPA14/TPStory/specialTravel|title=Vegas spa hopes cold therapy is hot|last=Nakashima|first=Ryan|date=14 July 2007|work=Associated Press|publisher=The Globe and Mail|accessdate=2008-08-14] which evaporates shortly after touching the ground, as well as machines to distribute the substance in various forms. Snowmasters has subsequently branched into other products, including fog effects and bubble machines.

Products

Snowmasters' main product offering is its proprietary artificial snow and range of snow machines, which sell for $1,500 to $5,000 each. Subsidiary companies of Snowmasters include Flogos, whose machines produce floating shapes constructed from helium-filled soap bubbles. [cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351579,00.html|title=Company Makes Soap-Bubble Ads That Float in Air|last=Thompson|first=Andrea|date=7 May 2008|work=Fox News|accessdate=2008-08-14] Flogos has been contracted to produced Mickey Mouse shapes at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. [cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2116978/Flogos,-the-corporate-icons-in-the-sky.html|title='Flogos', the corporate icons in the sky|last=Cockcroft|first=Lucy|date=12 June 2008|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=2008-08-14] Another operating company, Foam Masters, manufactures foam machines for use at parties and auditoriums. [cite web|url=http://www.foammaster.com/aboutUs.php|title=Foam Masters: About us|publisher=Foam Masters|accessdate=2008-08-14]

References

External links

* [http://www.snowmasters.com Official website]