Joseph Pierre Bastiani (1843 — 25 November 1924) was a pioneer of the pineapple trade in Singapore, as well as the founder of a cannery on the island.
He left Corsica at the age of 16 and spent the next few years employed at vineyards in Bordeaux, Burgundy and the Loire Valley.
[3] During his time as a sailor, he met writer Joseph Conrad, who recommended that he move to Singapore.
In 1892, Bastiani handed ownership of the business over to his brother-in-law Joseph Cardella and retired to Nice, where he established a canned fruit factory.
[2] Cardella did not manage the business well and sold off some of the cannery's canning machines to a rival company, which began manufacturing boxes with Bastiani's stickers.