Overview
- The death of the engineer-entrepreneur was disclosed after private funeral rites, with burial in Recanati in accordance with his wishes.
- Bontempi died at home in Montelupone at age 93, closing a life closely tied to the Marche region’s manufacturing tradition.
- He transformed his father Egisto’s 1937 workshop into a major industrial enterprise that in the 1970s employed up to 1,000 people and pioneered advanced plastics manufacturing across multiple plants.
- Signature products included the Chord Organ and a small keyboard paired with the Metodo Bontempi, which let children play immediately without prior musical knowledge.
- The brand expanded across North America and Europe through licenses with Disney, Warner Bros and Barbie, opened commercial offices in the United States and several European countries, and produced in Canada to serve the Americas; he received the Premio Mugellini in 2023 and was praised by Potenza Picena’s mayor for his cultural impact.