Francesco Illy founded illycaffè in 1933. a Trieste. Today the company is run by the third generation. Andrea Illy is chairman of the board and Massimiliano Pogliani managing director.
Anna Rossi Illy, Ernesto’s wife (the founder’s son passed away in 2008), is the Honorary Chair of the Board. Anna Illy jr. continues her father’s work and is responsible for relations with the coffee growers.
The company is known and admired on all five continents for the quality of its coffee and its unique velvety flavour – an illy blend of nine arabicas that bring joy to millions every day. Whether at home, in the office, in a hotel, restaurant or café.
Mission
Our mission, desire and passion is to delight those for whom quality of life matters. We offer them the best coffee nature has to offer, enriched with the best technology available and the idea of finding beauty in everything we do.
Vision
We are proud that illy has become synonymous with coffee culture and high quality. Illy is an innovative company that offers products from the best countries in the world and creates new articles from it. In this way, the company is also showing its qualities as a leader in the premium coffee segment.
Values
Ethics. Through a commitment to development, transparency, sustainability and people development, we continuously create and share the value of online groups.
Excellence. Our aim is to inspire through all elements of the illy value chain – from the coffee cup to the cup – by creating experiences as good and beautiful as the products and by satisfying our customers’ needs and desires, doing our job efficiently and with a light touch.
The company has created a world of knowledge, experience, flavour, science and art around the satisfaction of the perfect coffee. Illy also offers a range of machines, designs and accessories. The company also includes illy Caffé authentic Italian cafés and an international network of baristas awarded the Artisti del Gusto title.
Università del Caffè was created to promote and disseminate the culture of quality coffee in Italy and around the world. illy also has a relationship with the art world. It also creates innovative products: the five-patent Iperespresso, a “ready to drink” coffee, the Mitaca capsule coffee machines for offices.
But that’s not all: illy’s passion for perfection also extends to coffee producers in South and Central America, India and Africa, and is improving their lives. Illy’s desire to create value for all of its stakeholders has earned the company the world’s first DNV (Det Norske Veritas) ‘Responsible Supply Chain’ certification, confirming that the entire supply chain is sustainable.
