Our Family Story

1st Generation: William Campbell: CASTELLO Group: William was one of Mr. Danford’s first employees and at the age of 14 started working for Mr. Danford after school. The business started as a small shop buying and selling textiles by the pound, known as a jobber. Mr. Danford eventually evolved the business into a small fabricating facility. The passing of Mr. Danford turned the business over to Mrs. Margaret Campbell Danford (Williams’s older sister). William continued to work for the company all through his young business career helping his sister. The only absence from employment was when Willian left to serve his country in World War II. Eventually, against the advice of his wife Mary, William decided to leave his secure employment of 25 years with the T Eaton Co. and enter the business full time. Under his leadership, this small fabric converter became a major cut and sew facility.

The business steady grew under the leadership of William and we are very proud and privileged to be able to manufacture items for some very prestigious corporations, such as Seagram’s (Crown Royal Liquor Bag), Chanel (Powder Mitts), Avon (Cosmetic Packaging) and the Exxon Corporation (Esso Tiger Tails), to name a few.

The business model took on additional products with the 2nd generation and headed by Richard which took on a whole other level. William to say the least was very proud of his son Richard.

January 24,2022 marked the passing of our Founder and Inspiration for the company. He was 102 years young and will be sadly missed but never forgotten.

2nd Generation: Richard W. J. Campbell: COB CASTELLO* Group (William’s son) Richard helped his mother at age 12 doing piece work and later when he was old enough to work full time in the Montreal factory, which employed at its peak some 80 factory workers and 50 sub-contractors. Richard decided to concentrate on the hospitality section of the business, though it was the smallest portion at the time, he thought he could impress upon his father that he too could bring the business to another level. He expanded the small table linen section of the business and introduced the company to some of its major customers such as Air Canada, Hilton Hotels, Westin Resorts and Four Seasons Hotels. These prestigious customers add to the companies inhouse work force and for the first time in the company’s history employed outside sales personal. Sales initially started locally but quickly grew across Canada, the US and eventually Europe.

The need to offer only the very best of products had the company evaluating products worldwide, eventually bringing the company to discover the fine linens of Europe and a small factory in Italy. As fate would have it, this small factory also had the same humble start in 1935. Naturally, this led to the formation of the CASTELLO* Group, a group of companies manufacturing high-end bed, bath and table linens, which is all controlled by the Campbell family. The line has expanded to cover every linen item you could possibly imagine, all aspects of Production, Logistics, Distribution, Sales & Marketing are controlled in-house.

3rd Generation: R. Taylor Campbell: CEO CASTELLO* Group (Richard's Son) Taylor entered the company in the new millennium. Taylor as Vice President then COO and now CEO of the CASTELLO* Group continued along their father’s path and concentrated solely on the high-end luxury market; bringing on some of the finest customers in the industry; Holland America’s Seaborne Cruise Line, MGM Resorts International, Aman Resorts, Fairmont Hotels, Four Seasons Hotels and Ritz Carlton Hotels.

The sales team expanded worldwide with Account Managers in United States, Canada, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Russia. Warehouse and Distribution points have also grown with East and West Centers in United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

CASTELLO Home was introduced as our Hospitality customer base was requesting the connection with a High End Home Textile Line. Since the Group had always manufactured Private Label it was a smooth transition into the Retail Home Textile Market. The CASTELLO Group now has Divisions CASTELLO 1935 for Manufacturing, CASTELLO Design for Private Label, CASTELLO Hotel for Wholesale Linen Products and CASTELLO Home for eCommerce Retail Bed, Bath, Table and Accessory Products all which are geared for the extremely high end of the Luxury Linen market.

3rd Generation: Darcie L. Campbell: COO CASTELLO* Group (Richard's Daughter) Darcie has been brought back into the company to help guide the tremendous success of the Brands since 2023 and is helping Taylor to establish Account Executives for the CASTELLO Hotel Brand Worldwide, The CASTELLO Home Brands' e-commerce site and the CASTELLO Private Label and Design Services.

4th Generation: Anthony & Annabelle Campbell Future Co-CEO’s (Taylor's Son & Daughter) Anthony was born September 27, 2014, and Annabell on January 28, 2017, and both have a little way to go before actually joining the CASTELLO* Team. They may or may not choose to join the CASTELLO Team, but the groundwork has been set by Richard to assure his Grandchildren and beyond will carry the CASTELLO* Brand for many generations to come and is just one more reason why the Campbell Family drives forward continuing to set new goals and secure the company for future. This next generation will without question bring the Brand to yet another level with new technology and product production that we have yet to imagine.

Our Manufacturing and Distribution facilities are in Italy, Turkey, Canada, and the USA with sister facilities Worldwide. Our Group is capable of manufacturing and suppling any Bed, Bath, Table Linen or Accessory Product you can imagine. The scoop and abilities of our Group are endless, and we will never stop improving our production capabilities or the proprietary processing we have instilled into our Group’s philosophy over the years.

The group employes and has sub-contractor with several hundred staff members. The amount of dedicated staff that make the company what it is today is astounding. The teamwork and dedication from generations of artisans who pass on their skills and dedication from generation to generation is second to none.

The CASTELLO Hotel and CASTELLO Home Brands are synonymous with Luxury Resorts and Opulent Homes as these products are second to none in the industry.

2023 and 2024 has brought the CASTELLO Group a couple awards namely CASTELLO 1935 Best Hospitality Linen Manufacturer and CASTELLO Home for Best Private Label Manufacturer. In addition to these outstanding awards CASTELLO was awarded the Leading Hotels of the World contract to supply this prestigious hotel group with their Bed, Bath and Table Linen. This is one of if not the single most prestigious contract in our companies eighty-nine-year history and we are honored to have been selected. The Leading Hotels of the World have properties worldwide with 428 Branded and 1829 Sister properties totaling some 20,000 hotel rooms and all are ranked as the best of the best.

If the first 89 years are any indication as to where this corporation will be headed, then we can certainly hope for a strong and prosperous future. The CASTELLO* Group will continue with its global thinking and evolve with the next generation and beyond...