Article: Test of time: Joseph Berenato combined the disparate elements of Ducommon Inc., the state's oldest company, into a cohesive aerospace subcontracting business with $350 million in sales.(People)(Interview)(Company overview)

FOUNDED more than 150 years ago as a mining outfitter, Ducommun Inc. is the oldest company in California. But just 10 years ago, hardly anyone knew it existed Some of its own clients didn't even recognize the Ducommun name. So when Joseph Berenato joined the Carson-based aerospace manufacturer as its chief financial officer in 1991, the company was faced with the peculiar challenge of making itself visible not only to potential new customers, but also to existing ones. When Berenato became chief executive of the company in 1997, he was afforded the opportunity to turn Ducommun from what was essentially a holding company with disparate subsidiaries into one cohesive ...

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