Private company
Snow Business
Logo: Snow Business, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
Provider of artificial snow
Snow Business is a provider of artificial snow for various entertainment industries. The company was founded by Darcey Crownshaw in 1982. Crownshaw was working in the paper industry when a production unit filming The Last Days of Pompeii for ABC-TV placed an order with his employers for three quarters of a ton of shredded grey cellulose paper to use as artificial volcanic ash.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersGloucestershire1
- Founded inGloucestershire1
- Websitewww.snowbusiness.com
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Snow Business is a provider of artificial snow for various entertainment industries. The company was founded by Darcey Crownshaw in 1982. Crownshaw was working in the paper industry when a production unit filming The Last Days of Pompeii for ABC-TV placed an order with his employers for three quarters of a ton of shredded grey cellulose paper to use as artificial volcanic ash. The firm would not deliver less than 20 tons so Crownshaw fulfilled the order himself using the padding from Jiffy bags. Crownshaw later supplied the same production unit with paper snow, and spotting a gap in the market established Snow Business.2
Timeline
- 1982Founded Founded in Gloucestershire1
Links
- Websitewww.snowbusiness.com1
- WikipediaSnow Business (company)
- WikidataQ3963108
Sources
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- 1WikidataSnow Business on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSnow Business on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSnow Business logo by Snow Business, CC BY-SA 3.0