Duraclean Journal of Marketing, Management and Technical Topics

Aristide Laurenzi, former company chairman and owner of Delmhorst Instrument Co. passed away on Sunday, January 10, 2010 after a long illness. He was 88.

Known by those who worked with him as "Mr. L," Mr. Laurenzi was born in Salerno, Italy in 1921 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1950. He married Phyllis A. Conca and opened a fine china shop, A. Laurenzi Gifts in Boonton, NJ in 1952. He joined Delmhorst Instrument Co. in 1962, became partner in 1969 and then sole owner in 1978. He was active with the company as chairman until 2005, having previously turned the business over to four of his children: Tom, John, Sandra and Paul Laurenzi.

Mr. Laurenzi was a devoted member of the community and church, and was a long-time member of ASTM International and the New England Kiln Drying Association. Mr. L is remembered at Delmhorst as a man of high intellect, resounding integrity, moral clarity and playful humor. Although he was educated in English literature and classics, his keen understanding of the technical nature of the business, combined with his unwavering expectation that each customer's individual needs were not merely met, but exceeded, laid the foundation for much of Delmhorst's success today as an industry leader of quality measurement devices.

His family was his proudest life accomplishment in addition to Phyllis, his treasured wife of 59 years, he leaves behind his ten children and their respective spouses, twelve grandchildren and three great granddaughters.

Labels: Delmhorst, Laurenzi, Obituary

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