article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message illycaff s.p.a. type coffee products industry coffee founded 1933 headquarters trieste italy area served worldwide key people andrea illy chairman ; massimiliano pogliani ceo products coffee espresso machines revenue 437 million in 2015 number of employees 1 177 in 2015 website official website illycaff branded as illy is an italian coffee roasting company that specializes in the production of espresso . the company was founded by francesco illy in 1933 and was later led and expanded by his son ernesto illy . today andrea illy is the chairman representing the third generation of family leadership and massimiliano pogliani is the ceo . the company has more than 800 employees and reached a gross revenue of 361 million in 2012 . illy produces one blend in three roast variations normal dark roast and decaffeinated . in addition illy offers monoarabica single origin arabica beans from six different countries brazil guatemala ethiopia colombia costa rica and india . seasonally the company offers idillyum a low caffeine arabica that is grown in the rich volcanic soils of el salvador . illy coffee is packaged as whole beans pre ground coffee easy serving espresso e.s.e. pods and iperespresso capsules . contents 1 history 2 company 3 coffee 4 references 5 external links history edit francesco illy illy ferenc illy s founder in 1930 the history of illycaff is inextricably linked to the lives of the company s founder francesco illy known as illy ferenc in hungarian and his family . born in temesv r in empire of austria hungary since 1918 timi oara romania francesco later went to trieste italy during world war i as an officer in the army . after the war he remained in the city which had recently come under italian rule and in 1933 set up a business in the cocoa and coffee sectors eventually deciding to concentrate exclusively on coffee . 1 from the beginning francesco was interested in espresso coffee . in 1935 he invented the first automatic coffee machine which substituted compressed air for steam the illetta the predecessor of today s espresso machines . 2 metal canisters of illy coffee beans francesco also devised a new packaging system for preserving coffee in which the cans were filled with inert gases instead of air pressurization . illy coffee was soon exported outside the immediate trieste area and was eventually sold all over italy . after the world war ii control of the company passed to ernesto illy 1925 2008 the son of the founder who started a research laboratory that soon became the source of numerous new inventions and patents . it was ernesto a scientist and researcher who established cooperation agreements with universities and research centres and who promoted premium coffee around the globe . 3 ernesto s son andrea illy is currently the chairman of the company andrea s sister anna illy and brothers francesco illy and riccardo illy are on the board of directors . 1 the illy brand of coffee is available in many countries though with significant price differences depending on import duty rates . company edit an illy espresso machine currently illycaff s.p.a. is a large international company selling its coffee related products in approximately 131 countries worldwide . the illy group is made up of several companies located in north america france germany spain and benelux . the group employs approximately 800 people throughout these six locations . since the end of the 1980s illy has not purchased green coffee from the international commodity markets but directly from the source . illycaff exclusively purchases coffee of the arabica species in particular from brazil the largest producer worldwide but also from colombia india and countries in africa and central america . illy s universit del caff university of coffee offers free training for growers . in brazil a nine month program one week per month includes 360 hours of lectures . illy buys between 10 % and 30 % of coffee produced by growers trained at the university of coffee at a premium price but does not require that the growers enter into an exclusive contract with the company . 4 illy is the world s first company to receive the responsible supply chain process rscp certification of sustainability awarded by the det norske veritas dnv . 5 from 2004 to 2012 illycaff funded the ernesto illy trieste science prize to give recognition to science researchers from the developing world in collaboration with the world academy of sciences twas . 6 illy was featured in the 2006 documentary black gold in reference to its marketing of coffee from ethiopia . coffee edit a small cup of illy coffee in ventimiglia liguria italy illy coffees are blended from arabica beans from multiple sources . the grounds are packaged in steel canisters and pressurized with an inert gas rather than air . for the production of decaffeinated coffee the illy method involves the coffee beans being first steamed for 30 minutes and then repeatedly rinsed with either methylene chloride dichloromethane or dcm or ethyl acetate for about 10 hours . the solvent is then drained away and the beans steamed for an additional 10 hours to remove any residual solvent . on 22 may 2009 in partnership with the coca cola company illy launched a line of coffee flavoured energy drinks called illy issimo . on 9 november 2009 airtran airways became the first small regional airline to serve illy issimo to passengers on board flights . illy issimo was available in five flavours as of 16 may 2011 caff caff no sugar cappuccino latte macchiato and mochaccino . 7 references edit a b nicholas stein ; doris burke 9 december 2002 crisis in a coffee cup fortune archived from the original on 12 january 2015 . john tagliabue 26 december 2006 coffeehouses as fashion boutiques ; selling cachet by the cup the new york times archived from the original on 6 december 2014 . dennis hevesi 6 february 2008 ernesto illy chairman of coffee company is dead at 82 the new york times archived from the original on 24 february 2012 . ariel schwartz 30 november 2010 why illycaffe doesn t sell fair trade coffee fast company archived from the original on 7 july 2012 . the story behind a cup of coffee forum no. 2 2011 det norske veritas 22 may 2011 archived from the original on 29 september 2013 ; illy is the world s first coffee with dnv sustainability certification espressocasa.co.nz archived from the original on 29 september 2013 retrieved 29 september 2013 . the ernesto illy trieste science prize 2005 2008 2009 2012 the world academy of sciences twas archived from the original on 4 december 2013 retrieved 4 december 2013 . illy issimo gives coffee lovers two new tastes of lower calorie decadence anytime anywhere italy s favorite on the go coffee drink announces caff no sugar and mochaccino flavors press release businesswire 16 may 2011 archived from the original on 16 may 2011 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to illy . official website illy eshop in the usa illy s universit del caff university of coffee retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title illy & oldid 740735910 categories 1933 establishments in italycoffee brandscompanies established in 1933food and drink companies of italyitalian brandstriestecoffee in italycompanies based in triestehidden categories articles with a promotional tone from june 2013all articles with a promotional tonecommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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