Grote’s 100-candle birthday party
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Light and wiring-system maker Grote Industries is marking 100 years as a successfully run, family business.
“That’s an accomplishment not many other companies can claim,” says president and chief executive officer William “Bill” Grote III.
Grote pioneered a plastic injection molding in the early 1920’s, and by the 1960’s had graduated to making non-metallic lamps for clearance markers.
The company developed one of the market’s first Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps in the early 1990’s. n
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