PaintballX3 Magazine Special Paintball Extravaganza Edition | Page 56

56 Can you give us a brief history of Enola Gaye? Enola Gaye has been manufacturing smoke grenades since 1996; it started by offering colored smoke to local paintball fields in the UK which we designed and built in a small factory in the north of England. From here we have opened up dealerships all over the globe including USA, Canada, NZ and all of Europe. We have been making consumer pyrotechnics for almost ten years in the UK and are a household name there. We are especially known for our colored smoke grenades in airsoft and paintball. We have been selling our products in the US for almost three years now. How did the Paintball Extravaganza go for you? It was great! This is our second year attending. We met lots of new dealers and field owners who were interested in integrating smoke grenades into their fields and pro shops. It was also good to hear feedback from our currents dealers who already sell our smoke products. Also a new product is our larger EG18 Assault smoke grenade which comes in 8 different smoke colors including our new non-toxic Black smoke. This unit dispenses 3 times as much smoke as our standard Wire Pull smoke but does it in the same average 90 seconds. What are your best selling products and why? Our best selling product is our 90 second burn Wire Pull Smoke Grenade because it is our most cost effective product at $7-$8 MSRP and it provides great bang for your buck. This smoke grenade is available in 7 different smoke colors. Anything new in the works that you can tell us about? We are always developing new products but keep an eye on our Paint and Field Grenades and also we are developing a Flash Grenade for the US market. You now have an office in the US. Have you seen an increase in US business since it What are some of opened? your new products? Our sales keep growing each Late last year we added our Burst month. The players and field Smoke Grenade which dispenses smoke from both ends of the unit in about 30-40 owners love our products because are safe and relatively inexpensive. We are always looking for seconds. Ava ilable in 7 different smoke colors. new dealers to make sure players can by their Special PBX Edition