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Nestlé Nespresso S.A., trading as Nespresso, is an operating unit of the Nestlé Group, based in Vevey, Switzerland. [4] Nespresso machines brew espresso and coffee from coffee capsules (or pods in machines for home or professional use [5]), a type of pre-apportioned single-use container, or reusable capsules (pods), of ground coffee beans, sometimes with added flavorings.
On 13 February 2025, a gas explosion occurred at the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in the Xitun District of Taichung, Taiwan.Four people were killed, including two tourists from Macau who were struck by debris, and 38 were injured, making it the deadliest incident in the history of Taiwanese department stores.
Coffee machines were the most popular product, constituting 40 percent of sales in Germany and 30 percent in the United States. The following year Krups undertook a joint venture with Nestlé to produce the Nespresso machine. [1] In 1999 the Krups Irish factory in Limerick, formerly employing 800 people, closed.
Eric Favre is a Swiss engineer, best known for inventing the Nespresso system in 1976, the first single-serve coffee container. Favre graduated from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne [1] and joined Nestle in 1975. [2] In 1976, Favre, an employee of Nestlé, invented, patented and introduced the Nespresso system. [3]
In 1986, the company founded Nestlé Nespresso S.A. The British confectionery company Rowntree Mackintosh was acquired in 1988 for $4.5 billion, which brought brands such as Kit Kat, Rolo, Smarties, and Aero. [31]
Acqua Panna (Italy); Alaçam (Turkey) Al Manhal (Bahrain) Aqua Mineral (Poland) Aqua Pod; Aqua Spring (Greece) Aquarel (Spain) Arctic (Poland) Baraka (Egypt) Buxton (UK)
Angelo Moriondo, inventor of an important precursor of the espresso machine First patent (vol. 33 n. 256, 1884) for the espresso machine, by Angelo Moriondo. Angelo Moriondo, from Turin, patented a steam-driven "instantaneous" coffee beverage making device in 1884 (No. 33/256).
2013 Breville entered into a partnership with Nespresso to manufacture coffee machines. [17] 2017 Breville acquires water purification brand Aquaport and air purifier brand Cli-Mate. [18] 2019 Breville acquire the Seattle-based food and technology company, ChefSteps. [19] 2020 Breville acquires coffee grinder company Baratza. [20]