Description
Grandi Molini Italiani is Italy’s leading milling group and one of the most important in Europe. Their flours are the primary ingredient for more than 4,000 artisan bakers, hundreds of national and international food companies and millions of lovers of home cooking and baking.
With 5 working mills, 14 logistics-distribution centres and a network of wholesalers and retailers, they can satisfy any request, guaranteeing the absolute quality of their products, from the field to the oven.
A family story
Making flour is the oldest profession in the world. At Grandi Molini Italiani, they have learned this trade from their ancestors, millers who milled wheat on the banks, or “coast” of the river Po: this is where their surname comes from. Today they have reached the sixth generation.
1886 – Antonio Costato (1825-1900) was awarded a license by King Umberto I of Italy to take water from the river Po for a steam engine.
1921 – Marcello Costato (1871-1937) built one of the first industrial mills in Rovigo. His son Antonio (1908-1983) developed it into a large national company.
1958 – Luigi Costato (1934), founded Molino Costato in Rome and, through subsequent acquisitions, expanded flour exports.
1978 – In 1978 Grandi Molini Italiani becomes bigger with the addition of the mill in Porto Marghera (VE)
1991 – Addition of the mill in Coriano Veronese (VR)
1996 – In 1996 the company sees the addition of the mill in Cordovado (PN)
2000 – Grandi Molini Italiani strengthens its logistics and distribution operations with the addition of the Trieste and Vienna terminals
2007 – Addition of Triera Power, the bioenergy production division.
2015 – In view of Expo 2015, the Venice plant was redeveloped with the AAA mill project.
2017 – Antonioluigi Costato (1986) was the first sixth- generation family member to join the company, committed to upgrading its processes and corporate image.
2020 – With a decree of the Chamber of Commerce of Venice and Rovigo on 16 January 2020, Grandi Molini Italiani is officially in the Register of Historic Companies of Italy. That is a special list established in 2011 on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy.
