Todeschini Alimentos was a pasta factory founded by the Italian Brazilian Giuseppe Todeschini in 1885, Curitiba. This was the first pasta factory from South Brazil.
Todeschini was successful in its beginnings, but since 2002 it suffered from financial problems. The company was aggregated by Imcopa, later AC Comercial, in 2006 but it officially bankrupted in 2013. In 2021, Todeschini brand was bought by Pastifício Selmi, that still produces the Todeschini brand.
History
First years
Originally named Indústrias Todeschini SA (Todeschini Industries), it was created by the Italian immigrant Giuseppe Todeschini in 1885, Curitiba. The original headquarters were located at Sete de Setembro Avenue, at a farm he bought for his family in 1878. The company is the first pasta factory from South Brazil and originally had six employees. Pasta was not consumed locally, so Giuseppe had to teach how to prepare it to the buyers. Inicially, the pasta was manually produced, but Giuseppe made his own machinery.[1][2]