The story
The company was founded in 1877 at San Giuseppe Vesuviano in the province of Naples. Gennaro Auricchio was the creator of a special rennet to produce provolone.
By the 1880s it was exporting cheese to the United States, for stocking in Little Italy's shops. This growth created the need for new facilities, with a dairy added in Cremona before 1900.
Over time, the company acquired other brands and companies to expand its product line beyond its original focus on provolone cheese. As of 2016, they produced approximately 50% of all provolone sold in Italy. The Italian Ministry of Economic Development released a 95-cent stamp in 2017 in honor of the 140th anniversary of the company.
From Wikipedia’s article on Auricchio, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5