Business View Magazine | November 2020

54 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2020 Quality steel fabricators R aulli & Sons is a steel fabrication and erection company located in Syracuse, New York. It was established in 1949, but its roots go back to 1920, when Paul Raulli travelled to the United States after World War I, to work with his brothers at an ornamental ironworks and blacksmith shop. “Back then, he was a master of lots of things,” says Mark Raulli, the current Co-Owner of Raulli & Sons, and a fourth generation member of the family-owned business. “He fixed washing machines, bicycles, wagons, and made metal tools. In the mid-1920s, he moved to Syracuse and created this business. As time went on, he started making custom ornamental railings, window guards, and other similar products. We incorporated in 1949 and that’s when we became Raulli & Sons (the sons being Hugo, Guido, and Joseph). The place where he originally lived was an apartment above our ornamental shop; we have transformed that apartment into offices, but the shop still exists.” In the 1970s, Raulli & Sons began expanding into the structural steel and miscellaneous metal markets, which, today, represents the largest segment of its business. The company, LI & SONS