The grinders first appeared under the name A.N.F.I.N., taken from the initials of two founding partners. Mario Monfrini and his family bought the brand in 1981, renamed it A.N.F.I.M., and named the first grinder under the new name the Caimano, after his father, a Milanese roaster. Production moved to a new factory in Milan between September 2021 and May 2022.
