Gruppo illy
illycaffè is company with a long-term view and a guiding passion: the search for the beautiful and the well-made.
illycaffè is a company with a far-reaching vision. That’s what’s placed it firmly at the head of a group of companies sharing the same mission, and namely the pursuit of beauty and excellence.
Headed by its president Andrea Illy the parent company illycaffé S.p.A. controls ten companies worldwide whose business activities in the commodities sector span markets across the globe.
The Company’s 700 employees, 400 of whom based in Trieste, are daily engaged in the pursuit of perfection, whatever their corporate role and function. Thanks to their unflagging commitment the Company may rightly boast being a reference for coffee culture worldwide illycaffè and its world.
The Group includes:
• illycaffè S.p.A.
• illycaffè North America Inc.
• illycaffè Nederland
• illycaffè S.p.A. Bruxelles
• illycaffè Deutschland GmbH
• illycaffè France SA
• illycaffè S.p.A. sucursal en Espagna
• illycaffè Shanghai ltd
• Experimental Agricola do Brasil Ltda
• illy bar concepts S.p.A.
• illycaffè Asia Pacific
• Porto de Santos Comercio e Exportacao Ltda.
• Magic L’Espresso S.L.
illycaffè spa is a subsidiary of the Illy family Holding, Gruppo illy SpA. In addition to trading in “colonial” products (coffee, tea, chocolate), the Group’s long-term mission also sees it engaged in developing its business in the confectionery and coffee-related product and service sectors. In a way, it may be said that this recent diversification is a return to the past, as the Group has reverted to the family’s original business when it started out back in the 1930s. Since then and until this turnaround, it had gradually dropped its other product lines to concentrate on coffee.
The Holding, with at its head Riccardo Illy, pursues a strategy aimed at strengthening and developing businesses founded on an entrepreneurial spirit that puts passion for the product and for quality up front, and firmly believes this passion to be an indispensable prerequisite for corporate growth.
Gruppo Illy SpA holds a 100% share of illycaffè; 80% of Domori; 75% of Damman Frères; and 40% of Agrimontana.