Westport, CT — Arthur “Artwork” Greenberg handed away on November 25, 2025, on the age of 90. Greenberg spent his profession in his household’s enterprise, Union Confectionery Equipment Co., primarily based in New York, working with clients within the confectionery, baking, and snack meals industries all over the world.
Throughout his profession he was answerable for shopping for and promoting equipment and oversaw the manufacture of latest equipment. He additionally launched European equipment into the North American market, establishing a foothold for manufacturers that had been beforehand unknown to the market. He was often called an professional within the confectionery subject who was all the time educated, useful, ready {and professional}.
In accordance with his household, Greenberg’s organizational abilities had been legendary and his volunteer work in skilled associations was instrumental to the expansion of these industries. He traveled the world throughout his profession, retiring from the enterprise in 2007 after 51 years. He was inducted into the Sweet Corridor of Fame in 2005.
Born in Brooklyn in 1935, he grew up in Manhattan Seaside together with his rapid and prolonged household.
A graduate of Brooklyn Technical Excessive Faculty and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Yale College, graduating in 1956. He joined Union Confectionery and concurrently earned a grasp’s diploma in industrial engineering from Columbia College.
Greenberg served as an Military reservist in the summertime of 1957, incomes the rank of workers sergeant.
In retirement he was lively with the Y’s Males of Westport/Weston, a gaggle of retired and semi-retired businessmen. He led strolling teams, organized audio system, and was concerned within the group’s management, serving as president for a time period.
He’s survived by his sons Jim (Lisa), and John (Carolyn), and their kids — Michael (Beth), Melanie Greenberg, Abigail Greenberg, and Samuel Greenberg. He’s additionally survived by his sister, Joyce Wotman, together with cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his dad and mom, Samuel and Myriam Greenberg, his spouse of 59 years, Renee, and his brother, Robert, with whom he labored carefully within the household enterprise for 30 years.
The household asks that those that want to bear in mind Artwork donate to a corporation in his reminiscence that’s supportive of studying at any stage.
