Illy
Illycaffè SpA is a global company that operates in the areas of coffee production and distribution, specializing in the manufacture and worldwide distribution of coffee for espresso production.
The company, with headquarters in Via Flavia 110 in the northeastern Italian port city of Trieste was established in 1933 by the Hungarian-born merchant Francesco Illy coffee and belongs to the family holding company Gruppo Illy SpA.
History
Francesco Illy (* 1892 as Illy Ferenc in Timisoara, † 1956 in Trieste ) was among other things, a product developer and constructed the so-called Illy Illetta, an apparatus which is considered the forerunner of all the usual espresso machines today. With the patented inert-gas, he managed to preserve the commercial manufacture of coffee while retaining all the flavors and ingredients. This metal can be enriched with inert gas ( The residual air is replaced by pressurized inert gas) and sealed after filling.
Ernesto Illy ( b. 1925 in Trieste, † 2008 ibid ) was a professional chemist, joined after his graduation in the company, which he led as president from 1963 to 2004. He then became Honorary President of the Illycaffè S. p. A. and this office has held until his death. Ernesto Illy, the continued emphasis on scientific research and technology, founded the first laboratory, which became the site of numerous inventions and patents. Currently holds Illycaffè 17 patents in various areas of the coffee processing and preparation.
The company is now run by the third generation as a family business and has a chair at the University of Trieste for coffee processing. Of the 700 employees worldwide are 400 active in the Trieste center, where there are also all production takes place and the packaging of all products; the other company sites responsible mainly selling and administrative tasks.
Technology and market orientation
Illy also developed modern methods by which coffee beans by color and ripeness are automatically sorted or in the environmentally friendly processing of raw materials. The corporate sector Research & Technological Development ( RTD) operates two large laboratories, aromaLAB and SensoryLab. The two facilities are located in Trieste and concentrate on the analysis of the ingredients and flavors contained in the coffee and the creation of psycho- physiological studies taste.
For the production of coffee Illy uses only Arabica beans from the highlands of Brazil. The strong roasted coffee, with its 1.5 percent caffeine very koffeinarm.
Due to the elaborate manufacturing and control procedure as well as the use of high quality raw materials Illy coffee is comparatively expensive and poorly represented the end user. Illy mainly supplies cafes, bars and catering establishments, companies and offices.
Illy espresso can be prepared with commercial espresso machines and coffee machines, there is also an easy- to-use and low-maintenance system with pre-portioned coffee pods (called Cialde, while 6.5 grams of ground coffee between two thin special filter sheets are pressed ), for which special machines are offered. The also associated with the Illy Francis Francis Group Company Division! produced espresso machines for commercial and home use.
Between two and five million cups of illy coffee are consumed worldwide every day. Illy is internationally recognized as the leading top brand in the goods segment Espresso, in almost all comparison tests Illy could taste the most convincing and stood with the testers in the first place. The Stiftung Warentest Illy recognizes the competition assay with other established providers to the top position.
In Switzerland Illycaffè is marketed under the trademark Amici, as the naming rights in Switzerland lie with the former partner Illy Café, from which Illy Caffè had separated in the 1960 's.