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HISTORY

Our story began in 1926 thanks to our founder – Giusto Faravelli – and his passion for photography.
Guided by a farsighted entrepreneurial attitude he began selling raw materials and specialties for photochemistry 

Initial success underwent an abrupt interruption during the Second World War. Our building was bombed and almost destroyed on 13 August 1943. Nevertheless, after the end of the war the activity restarted with renovated impulse and import-export were particularly lively.

The 50s signed a boom for the entire Italian economy, and our company was completely involved.
In the 60s the portfolio enlarged to the pharmaceutical and food industry, successively embracing the agro-food industry as well.
1962 was a crucial year: the company started distributing and representing companies from abroad, and started also working in the pharma industry, by selling commodities and active principles.
However, turning point was marked by the first exclusive partnership for the Italian market agreed with Meggle, worldwide leader in the production of lactose.
These were the years of computerization and the company was one of the first in Italy to achieve ISO 9001 certification.

The 70s led to the first major transformation of the company, which from a small family company became Giusto Faravelli SpA, a joint-stock company.
It was 1978 when the company opened its first office abroad – Faravelli GmbH, in Hamburg, Germany.

The early 90s saw the company taking its first steps in the cosmetics sector.


In 2005 the company expanded its range of action to the production of functional systems for the food sector, developed by the new in-house Food Application Laboratory.
In the same year the company started Faravelli s.r.o in Prague.

The first corporate website was created in 2007, then completely renewed in 2012.

In 2008 FARAVELLI entered the Chinese market, starting a representative office in Shanghai, which in 2012 changed its status becoming Faravelli Co, Ltd.
In 2012 the company opened a new office in Barcelona, Spain, and the in-house Cosmetic Application Laboratory in Milan.

It was 2014 when we landed in the USA with the start of Faravelli, Inc. 

In 2015 a new business branch was created, Faravelli Trading.

In the same year the company was among the seven Italian

companies, with over 24,000 candidates from 33 European countries, finalist of the prestigious European Business Awards. Still in 2015 the company opened its corporate blog L’Ingrediente Giusto.

2018 is the year that marks an important corporate rebranding operation.

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