Founded as a maker of Gorgonzola
The Bigi family purchases the firm
Branches established in France, the United Kingdom and Germany
The first gorgonzola maturing-plant opens at Novara. Castelli and Cairati SpA are established with the Cairati family to make Gorgonzola and Taleggio cheese
Parmigiano Reggiano production beginswith the first dairy.
Acquisition of other Parmigiano and Grana Padano dairies.
Formation of Magyar SFKT, a plant making hard-paste cheese in Hungary
Acquisition of Baselica, expansion of UK business, new branches open in Russia and Scandinavia.
Charterhouse Capital Partners acquires 80% of Nuova Castelli with the aim of streamlining the management and consolidating leadership in the production of PDO cheeses and with them enter new markets
Acquisition of: Alival, established in 1983, headquartered at Ponte Buggianese (PT), a leader in stretched-curd cheeses
Acquisition of: North Coast, based at Pruszków, Warsaw, was founded in 1992 and specializes in marketing high-quality foods
Castelli enters the U.S. market, and acquires a 100,000-sq. ft. state of the art manufacturing facility, in upstate/western NY, one of the richest milk basin in the US
