TURNING BACK THE CLOCK: REMEMBERING WHAT
WE COME FROM IS OUR WAY FORWARD
175TH ANNIVERSARY
We share our happiness on the occasion
of our 175th Anniversary with
special edition packaging and more.
175 THINGS WE KNOW TO BE TRUE
JUNE 2021
The Italian Ministry of Economic
Development issues a celebrative stamp
with Postal Service cancellation
in honor of our 175th anniversary.
2019
We aired the spot “There are
no shortcuts”, our tribute to celebrate
the deep love Italians have for pasta and
the story of our daily pursuit of excellence.
2016 − 2018
Years of recovery, growth and
new products. We introduce
Legume Pasta and Spaghettoni
Grossi No. 220.
15 OCTOBER 2015
Our factory is heavily damaged by
massive flooding. In the aftermath,
community support and expressions
of solidarity throughout Italy are
overwhelming. Thank you.
FALL 2015
We introduce a line of gluten-free
pasta made from brown rice, white
corn and yellow corn.
2012
We redesign the look of
Pasta Rummo Lenta Lavorazione,®
paying homage to our past while
paving the way for the future.
APRIL 2011
Rummo Pasta earns Bureau Veritas
certification for its resistance to
over-cooking and the quality of
the durum wheat used to make it.
FEBRUARY 2011
Rummo launches organic and
organic wholewheat lines, both
made of environment-friendly,
100% Italian wheat.
JANUARY 2011
The President of the Republic
awards Cosimo Rummo the Leonardo
Award of Excellence “Made in Italy”
in honor of the firm’s innovation
and product quality.
2010
Legambiente awards Rummo the
prize “Innovation, Environment’s
Friend” for cutting its CO2 emissions
by 30%, thanks to investment in
a Trigeneration plant.
2009
Three product lines are born: Nidi
di semola (nests), Mattassine all’uovo
(egg pasta nests) and la linea Forno
(egg pasta for baked preparations).
APRIL 2005
Rummo Lenta Lavorazione® is
born, formalizing a method inspired
by tradition, based on the search
for excellence in every phase
of production.
1991
The new pasta factory is built, and
Rummo stops milling wheat in order to concentrate on making pasta.
1935
The company moves to Via dei
Mulini, in what is now the historical
heart of Benevento, and becomes
a corporation.
THE FAMILY
From Antonio to Cosimo to
Antonio to Cosimo (etcetera), the
Rummo legacy is passed from
generation to generation.
MAY 1920
On May 1, 1920, the staff of the
Rummo mill and pasta factory pose
for a group picture. Our story is
still built on our people today.
1900
Our three horses (Bruto, Bello
and Baiardo) pull the wheat from
Puglia and Campania to our mill.
You can still see them today on
every package of pasta.
1846
Antonio Rummo launches
the family business of milling
wheat and making pasta where the
grain is good and the waters
are pure: Benevento.