The Coffee Market Between Rising Raw Material Costs and New Industrial Challenges

The Coffee Market Between Rising Raw Material Costs and New Industrial Challenges: DVG De Vecchi’s Perspective

The coffee market is currently undergoing a profound transformation, marked by rising raw material costs, increasing pressure on margins, and the rapidly evolving demands of the professional coffee sector.

Following the sharp increase recorded between late 2024 and 2025, green coffee prices are now showing signs of stabilization, although they remain significantly higher than historical standards. This trend continues to affect the entire supply chain — from coffee roasters to machine and component manufacturers — prompting new considerations around economic sustainability, production reliability, and industrial innovation.

In this context, reliability, technological innovation, and process optimization are becoming increasingly central across the entire coffee supply chain, from roasters to manufacturers of machines and components.

Throughout 2025, UCIMAC – the Italian association of manufacturers of professional coffee machines and equipment – highlighted this evolution through the publication of the European Standard CEI EN 50730:2025-05, introducing shared criteria for measuring energy consumption and productivity in professional and superautomatic coffee machines. This development has increasingly involved the entire industrial supply chain, including the components sector.

Within this scenario, DVG De Vecchi, a company active in the production of components for professional coffee machines, emphasizes – through the words of its administrator Giovanna De Vecchi – the growing importance of the role played by each individual technical component in determining the overall performance of the system.

How do you interpret the current phase of the coffee market?

“Today, the industry is experiencing a structural transformation. The increase in raw material costs has a direct impact on the entire supply chain and is forcing all stakeholders to rethink processes, efficiency, and profitability. After the sharp rise in green coffee prices recorded between late 2024 and 2025, the market is now finding a degree of stability, albeit at price levels that remain exceptionally high. This is no longer a temporary phase, but a long-term structural change.”