YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Phantom Fireworks founder and CEO Bruce Zoldan traces the company’s growth from selling fireworks as a teenager to building one of the nation’s largest consumer fireworks retailers.
He discusses early trips to Pennsylvania to buy fireworks, importing products directly from China, expanding the company’s distribution network and establishing its largest warehouse in Trumbull County.
Zoldan also explains how industry advocacy and stricter safety standards helped pave the way for legal consumer fireworks sales in 49 states.