Garden State Fireworks is a pyrotechnics company based in the Millington section of Long Hill Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
[3] The company was founded in 1890 by Augustine Santore, a recent immigrant from Italy, where he had learned the trade of manufacturing fireworks.
His sons and grandsons ("the Santore Brothers") continue to own and operate the company.
[2] The company has produced some notable fireworks shows, including those for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary[4] and the New Year's Eve celebration in New York's Times Square.
They won the San Sebastian International Fireworks Competition in Spain in 1991 and again in 1994.