President and CEO (Presidente e Amministratore Delegato), Flli De Cecco Di Filippo Fara San Martino Spa
Search every verified Filippo De cecco interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Filippo De Cecco, President and CEO of Flli De Cecco Di Filippo Fara San Martino Spa, gave a lecture in 2016 titled "A Century of Pasta. De Cecco and The Italian Culture of Food." He described his company's production methods, including the use of bronze dies and virgin carton packaging, as traditional and more costly than industry alternatives. De Cecco stated that while the pasta industry moved toward lower-cost innovations such as Teflon dies and recycled cartons, De Cecco maintained its traditional approach, which he described as "now resulting very innovative by the fact that as kept on doing the same thing for 130 years." De Cecco also criticized a competitor's marketing, saying he did not like that they claim on their packaging to be "the choice of Italy" while selling a product in the United States that he said "could not be sold in Italy by law." He characterized the competitor's pasta as cheaper than De Cecco's in Italy and suggested the marketing was misleading.
“The ccho is now resulting very innovative by the fact that as kept on doing the same thing for 130 years which is a bit of contradiction but it it is not because the whole pasta industry has gone into completely another Direction with so-called Innovation so now the good product that comes from the traditional way of d...”
“I don't like that they say on their packs is the choice of Italy when their pasta could not be sold in Italy by law it's a different I mean in Italy Barilla is already a cheaper pasta than the czecho but they are selling a product in the United States that they couldn't legally sell in Italy because of the law and they...”
This lecture explores the difference Italy makes in the global food industry. The CEO of Pasta De Cecco presents one of Italy's ...
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