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About Us

Creating Lasting Memories
Since 2010

For the longest time, honouring our late loved ones has been shaped by tradition to become what we know it to be today: safeguarding the ashes of the departed in urns to be kept in columbariums, visiting once a year or during anniversaries.

While the feeling of loss is a burden almost impossible to bear for anyone who experiences it, the ways in which they wish to express their grief may vary tremendously. The void created by loss may cause us to go to great measures for it to be filled.

For us, this raises a single question:

How else can we celebrate the value and importance of a single life?

A visit to the Asia Funeral Expo (AFE) in Hong Kong in 1998 led us to discover various ways to remember our most beloved.

But one idea stood out.

The Memorial Diamond of Algordanza – your most precious memories encapsulated forever in the most beautiful symbol of love. Truly a memorial like no other.

After months of discussions, laboratory visits to Switzerland, and assurance of the authenticity of the process, Algordanza Singapore was established in 2010.

We are the first and only company offering this unique service in Singapore.

Vision

Algordanza Memorial Diamonds: The Beacon of Beautiful Beginnings

The transcendent beauty and value of Memorial Diamonds is not only a third alternative way to honour the departed but also the most meaningful way to create beautiful beginnings out of memories.

Mission

The Bridge Between
Life and Death

With Love, Remembrance, Respect, Integrity, and Transparency as the cornerstones of our work, we strive to provide comfort and joy to families by bridging the distance between them and their loved ones in the form of the Memorial Diamond.

Our Board

Rinaldo Willy

Rinaldo Willy completed his apprenticeship as a trustee and subsequently studied business administration at the HTW in Chur.

Before and during his part-time studies, he worked as a project manager in the banking industry. In the last academic year, Mr. Willy founded the company ALGORDANZA at the age of 23 and has been CEO of the company ever since.

He was elected president of the Board of Directors in 2013 and is still in charge of this office.

Frank Ripka

Frank Ripka is a graduate industrial engineer with a focus on production technology and mechanical engineering. At the same time, he is a trained tool mechanic.

After completing his studies at the TU Berlin and a scholarship at the Vienna University of Technology, Mr. Ripka worked independently in the fields of ERP software, simulation studies and production technology. After several years as Head of Controlling in an international group, he took a stake in ALGORDANZA AG in 2007 and has been responsible for production there ever since.

Since 2016, Mr. Ripka has been Managing Director of ALGORDANZA Austria.

Team Administration

The entire order processing takes place at the headquarters in Domat/Ems. our competent team looks after ALGORDANZA’s representations worldwide and receives interested customers and funeral directors.

Ang Ziqian

Ang Ziqian is the founder of Algordanza Singapore and also the deputy chairman of Ang Chin Moh Group.

An experienced funeral professional who started in his teens, his vision is to inject professionalism into Singapore’s funeral industry.

He possesses a strong acumen in business and is constantly in tune with the evolving needs of consumers. Ang Ziqian stands at the forefront in introducing new methods and ideas to the market.

Our Laboratory

The entire production of memorial diamonds takes place at our headquarters in Switzerland. The isolation of the carbon, through a chemical process, is carried out and monitored in the laboratory by experienced technicians.

Team Production

The growth of memorial diamonds takes place in our HPHT machines. The growth cell and environment of the memorial diamond consists of 25 components, which are handcrafted and assembled by our employees.

Our Accreditations

Quality Assurance

Algordanza is proud to be a certified manufacturer that creates genuine cremation diamonds in its own laboratory. For every Memorial Diamond made, a unique reference number is generated. The Algordanza Memorial Diamond process has been verified by a Swiss notary public. An authenticity certificate is issued with every diamond.

International Partners

Members of the Algordanza community are carefully selected.
They adhere to strict criteria and are internationally active and successful.

Each individual cooperation partner works closely with the Swiss headquarters, ensuring that our vision within the Algordanza community is flawlessly realised.