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Caffè Vergnano is an active Italian company in the coffee market. It was established in Chieri in 1882 by Domenico Vergnano.

History
Caffè Vergnano was found on 1882. Originally, the company started in a small apothecary in Chieri, a small town nearby Turin. It was a small business set up by the company current owner's grand-father, Domenico Vergnano. The activity quickly expanded and the first three Italian shops were opened in Turin, Alba and Chieri. But the true lip forward happened in 1930s and was the result of a courageous choice: the purchase of a coffee-producing farm in Kenya.

Thanks to its production plant of 13500 sqm, and 18 automated product lines, it’s ranked sixth in the Italian retail market, present in 19 regions with over 4500 Food Service customers, owning more than 70 Caffè Vergnano 1882 coffee shops around the world and exporting in more than 19 countries with some very positive achievements.

Environmental Aspect
In 1999, the company started adopting an environmetal policy of the raw material, and was interested in the food safety.

It has created an Enviromental Charter in 2012, and established a internal Quality department, becoming autonomous on the financial plan and on its humain resources. Afterwards, it gained some certifications for its product quality, as well as its environmental approach: ISO 14001, IFS (International food standard) and BRC (British retail consortium), etc.

In 2015, 4 years after lauching the first Nespresso compatible capsule in Italy, it has launched its biodegradable capsules for all of its product ranges. Aluminium was totally abandoned, the plastic was substuted by a biodegradable polymer resistable to the strong heat of coffee makers, and the packaging bag  was made by recyclable plastic.

The packaging undergoes the same constraint, and the plastic aluminum combination, which is impossible to be recycled, is removed. The only raw mateiral remaining, the coffee, was eitheir oganical, or purchased from the production areas managed sustaiably.

Case Nestlé VS Caffè Vergnano
In 2012, Nestlé failed in a judical charge against Caffè Vergnano.

According to Nesté, Caffè Vergnano violated its commercial patents, The trademark Nespresso was violated and illegally used in the capsule range called E'spresso 1882, which was compatible with the Nespresso machines.

But those accusations were rejeted by the tribunal. The absence of patent violation or of the trademark law was claimed by the jugement. The slogan of Caffè Vergnano was egally compliant at the legal aspect, stated by the tribunal. The Italian company was, however, compelled to modify the reference from «compatible with the Nespresso machines » to «capsules compatible with the machines produced by Nespresso Citiz, Lattissima, Pixie and Essenza».