Fireworks by Grucci and Pyrotechnique by Grucci will invest $5.5 million to expand its assembly, storage, and distribution operations to Pulaski County.
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The sixth-generation family business and worldwide fireworks design and performance company and manufacturer of fireworks and pyrotechnic devices for the U.S. military, will invest $5.5 million to expand its assembly, storage, and distribution operations to Pulaski County.
The company will occupy the former Koinonia Tapes and Foams 30,000-square-foot facility in ShaeDawn Industrial Park in proximity to its manufacturing operation at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Montgomery County.
Virginia successfully competed with New York for the project, which will create 45 new jobs.
Fireworks by Grucci is a sixth-generation, family owned-and-operated Fireworks Performance Company with its primary corporate studio in Bellport, New York.
Known as “America's First Family of Fireworks”, the Gruccis have transformed the night skies to the delight of millions across the globe since 1850.
The company is world renowned for pyrotechnic artistry, scientific innovation, and old-fashioned values.
The company’s signature performances include the official celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the National Anthem "Star Spangled Spectacular" in Baltimore, eight U.S. Presidential Inaugurations, the Olympic Games in Beijing, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, and Lake Placid, and commemorations such as the Centennial of the Statue of Liberty.
Fireworks by Grucci is also an 11-time Guinness World Record Holder.
Phil Grucci, fifth generation and current CEO, diversified their family business in 1989 by participating in a solicited competition and receiving an award to manufacture a series of Department of Defense pyrotechnic simulators.
These simulators are designed as training devices that simulate the distinctive whistle and bang of an incoming mortar round, or the pull, throw, and bang of a hand grenade.
Due to the expanded success of this military venture, the family officially founded a training device manufacturing business in 1997 based in Montgomery County, where it leases 400 acres at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. ■
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