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History

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.

MAY 2021

We begin rolling out new packaging
that’s recyclable with paper.

OCTOBER 2020

We introduce whole wheat pasta
made with 100% Italian grain.

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.

Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia

2016 − 2018

Years of recovery, growth and
new products. We introduce
Legume Pasta and Spaghettoni
Grossi No. 220.

Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia

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.

Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia

FALL 2015

We introduce a line of gluten-free
pasta made from brown rice, white
corn and yellow corn.

Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia

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.

Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia

FEBRUARY 2011

Rummo launches organic and
organic wholewheat lines, both
made of environment-friendly,
100% Italian wheat.

Pasta Rummo - Storia

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.

Pasta Rummo - Storia

2010

Legambiente awards Rummo the
prize “Innovation, Environment’s
Friend” for cutting its CO2 emissions
by 30%, thanks to investment in
a Trigeneration plant.

Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia

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).

Pasta Rummo - Storia

APRIL 2005

Rummo Lenta Lavorazione® is
born, formalizing a method inspired
by tradition, based on the search
for excellence in every phase
of production.

Pasta Rummo - Storia

1991

The new pasta factory is built, and
Rummo stops milling wheat in order to concentrate on making pasta.

Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia

1935

The company moves to Via dei
Mulini, in what is now the historical
heart of Benevento, and becomes
a corporation.

Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia

Pasta Rummo - Storia

THE FAMILY

From Antonio to Cosimo to
Antonio to Cosimo (etcetera), the
Rummo legacy is passed from
generation to generation.

Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia

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.

Pasta Rummo - Storia

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.

Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia
Pasta Rummo - Storia

1846

Antonio Rummo launches
the family business of milling
wheat and making pasta where the
grain is good and the waters
are pure: Benevento.