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Over a hundred years ago a story began in Abruzzo, made of men and passions just like any other enterprise. It is the
story of the Molino, the mill, and of the De Cecco brothers' pastificio, the pasta factory which has been producing pasta
for a 110 years and has become a worldwide synonym for quality and Italian pleasure. The roots of this story are to be sought
in Italy's pre-unitary days, when, in Fara San Martino, a small village situated at the foot of the Maiella, don Nicola De
Cecco produced "the best flour of the surrounding countryside" in his stone mill.
 Just as it had been for generations, even "Zi Nicola" passed on all his knowledge and passion to his son Filippo, who,
resisted the temptation of going to seek fortune in far-off America and began a new chapter of the De Cecco family history
by starting the production of food pasta. Thus the Molino and the De Cecco brothers' pasta factory were established. By 1887
"the best flour of the surrounding countryside" had started its long journey towards becoming the superior quality pasta,
as we know it today. Combining old craft traditions and engineering intuitions, Don Filippo De Cecco realizes a new "low temperature" drying model, which allows pasta to dry in 24 hours, exceeding the limitations imposed by weather conditions. Until then, pasta had always been sun dried, the only possible method, which could guarantee a product high quality and
preservation. It is thanks to this sharp intuition that De Cecco starts opening up new market opportunities, thus starting
a new international business process of the company. In 1908, the country girl from Abruzzo with the wheat stacks becomes
the trademark of the company. After World War II De Cecco undergoes a huge growth up to its current dimensions: the factory,
razed to the ground by German bomb attacks, was rebuilt and production took off towards a larger market. In order to sustain
this production rebirth, in the '50 De Cecco establishes the new Pescara pasta factory, which keeps up with the production
increase of those years. In 1980 in Fara San Martino a new modern production unit with a double potential is opened. In 1985
the company, in order to to fulfil new market requirements, prepares for a crucial phase: the constitution of a sales network.
 Another important milestone is the 1986 "Olive Oil Company" establishment, the first step towards differentiation of
the product range, which will expand further in 1993. The nineties are the years of big investments: the new mill
in Fara San Martino, with a 11000 quintals of wheat production capacity per day is opened. And again in 1997, while the historical
mill in Pescara closes down, the factory in Ortona, instance of modernity and cutting edge technology, is established.
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