Fireworks by Grucci

Fireworks by Grucci

Fireworks by Grucci (officially called Pyrotechnique By Grucci Inc.) is a fireworks company headquartered in Brookhaven on New York's Long Island. It has been a family run business since 1850. The company's main pyrotechnics office & operations are in Brookhaven,NY with a manufacturing and government work factory in Radford, Virginia.

Grucci has an international reputation of expertise in producing State-of-the-Art spectacular firework programs. Following World War II, the company developed simulated atomic bomb blasts for the Department of Defense for use in military training. In 1979, Grucci was the first American firm to win the Gold Medal at the Monte Carlo International Fireworks Competition. They have produced fireworks shows for seven consecutive presidential inaugurations since Ronald Reagan's in 1981.

Grucci has also produced shows at other major celebrations including the United States Bicentennial in Boston in 1976, the Brooklyn Bridge Centennial in 1983, the Statue of Liberty Centennial in 1986, the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution in 1996, Millennium New Year's Eve celebrations in Washington, D.C., the 2001 APEC Summit in Shanghai, and the Central Park Centennial in 2003. The firm has produced fireworks for the 1980 Winter Olympics, the 1984 Summer Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Olympics as well as the Knoxville, New Orleans, and Taejŏn World's Fairs.

A 1983 explosion at the company's factory in Bellport, New York killed two family members and heavily damaged over a dozen nearby homes, forcing the company to move its operations to a more secluded area. 1

Felix Grucci, the son of the company's founder who later became the head of the company himself, served one term in the US House of Representatives.

External links

* [http://www.grucci.com/ Official Website]
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