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The History of Saeco International Group
The history of the Saeco Products is more about three men who had a vision and worked together to build a company that would fulfill the needs of consumers worldwide.
Sergio Zappella and Arthur Schmed, who were Swiss engineers created a created a registered company in Italy. They started their business with a proprietary name and then dedicated there time and energy to perfecting technology of the product. The result was a first fully-automatic espresso machine by 1980 under the brand name Saeco. They brought in third partner, Giovanni Zaccanti, who produced coffee machine parts. The following year they established Cosnec Inc. and with this technology, they brought all their manufacturing in-house.
With the business growing, they looked at options to go international. With “climate” and “steam” products in hand, they went international with a Dutch Parent Company, Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands who handles all the marketing. Zappella, Schmed and Zaccanti sit on the board of the Executive Committee of Saeco International Group.
Coffee Makers History Week
Hamilton Beach Manufacturing Company
Founded in 1910, the Hamilton Beach Manufacturing Company resulted from the partnership of Chester Beach, a mechanical inventor, L. H. Hamilton, a business man and Frederick Osius. Osius isn’t fond of his last name, so it isn’t included in the company name. There first product, made in 1911, was a commercial Hamilton Beach drink mixer used in soda fountains. Other products followed including the Sew-E-Z with electrlc motor in 1912, stand mixers (for making batter), fans, and hair dryers and a portable vacuum in 1925. In 1929, Hamilton Beach expanded with a Good Thinking Catalog.
A commercial spindle drink mixer was expanded in the 1930s to enable multiple milk shakes to be processed at once. In 1934 they received a patent for a manual juice extractor and introduced the third-generation stand mixer. In 1965, was the introduction of an electric knife with a hole-in-the-handle and a blade-release button. This design went on to win a National Housewares Manufacturers’ Association Design in Housewares award the next year.
In 1971, they introduced the ButterUp Popper for pop corn, followed by a HB blender being used in a hilarious Dan Akroyd skit in 1977 that many still remember to this day.
In 1990, Hamilton Beach merges with Proctor-Silex forming Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex Inc., headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. After the merger, the company becomes the largest manufacturer of small appliances in the United States.
Today, Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. is a manufacturer of home appliances, air purifiers, and commercial restaurant equipment marketed primarily in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, including coffee makers, espressso machines, coffee grinders, and electric kettles.
Toastess, International
Toastess International produces small kitchen appliances. It offers coffee makers, kettles, toasters/oven, skillets/woks, grills, blenders/juicers, and specialty products as well as beverage products, food preparation, warming appliances, vacuum bag sealers, and replacement parts through online stores. In addition, it offers warmers, hotplates, and corn poppers.
First known as Toastess Inc., the company changed its name to Toastess International in 2000. The company has authorized service parts centers in the United States and Canada. Toastess International was founded in 1945 and is based in Markham, Canada. Toastess International is still a privately owned company and does not name any one person as the executive.
Farberware
This week is talking about companies whose products I sell. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were dedicated to the Lavazza Company. Today the Farberware Company, which is another one of the old companies like the one I will be talking about tomorrow. In fact, Farberware and this other company have been in business for for almost 100 years.
In December 2007, two long-standing companies Farberware and Black and Decker joined to become Salton, Inc. In 2009, these two brands became part of a conglomerate known as the Russell Hobbs, Inc., which is based in Miramar, Florida.
Russell Hobbs, Inc. and its subsidiaries are leading marketers and distributors of a broad range of branded small household appliances and all products are made in China. In the summer of 2010, Spectrum Brands and Russell Hobbs merged with an approval of the shareholders of Spectrum Brands, Inc., as well as with certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Today, Farberware is hidden in the merger, but still retains it brand name along with conditions on how their products are made.
The LavAzza Company – continued
The LavAzza family has always focused heavily on human, environmental and cultural assets — a focus which has been crystallized in concrete actions taken in Italy and coffee-producing countries. It is here where LavAzza took action because of this coffee crisis, which had drawn the eyes of the world to the hardships faced by coffee growers.
On a local level, LavAzza works to assist the Piedmont region and the city of Turin, where its corporate headquarters are located. They contribute to charities, support cultural activities and work towards developing the region in a number of ways. The most important initiatives involve Consulta, which promotes Turin’s cultural and artistic heritage in the Piedmont region of the city. ADISCO, Italian Association of Donor Umbilical Cord Blood, a group which encourages mothers to donate blood from their babies’ umbilical cords that would have otherwise been discarded.
LavAzza is a company Italy and the whole world of coffee drinkers should be proud of. They are a company that gives back through their LavAzza foundation to not only their community, but to the growers of their coffee in different parts of the world. The coffee shown above is Gran Filtro Dark Roast Drip Coffee.
The LavAzza Company – continued
The LavAzza Foundation remains constant in their commitment to product quality. LavAzza continues to engage in activities aimed at improving living conditions and social and production facilities in areas such as Africa and Central and South America, where coffee production plays a decisive role in the national economy.
An association, created in 2001, by several world-famous coffee roasters, including LavAzza, joined together with the Neumann Group. The Association works with non-government organizations and institutions to develop projects in support of coffee-growing countries.
Tierra was conceived in 2004. This was the first sustainability project directly launched by LavAzza in three coffee-growing communities in Honduras, Colombia and Peru. Coffee now coming from that region is called Tierra. LavAzza is also involved with Save the Children, a project which aims to protect disadvantaged children from exploitation, by creating educational and recreational facilities in these areas.
More of the LavAzza Company tomorrow…
The LavAzza Company
Why do I sell LavAzza coffees? The number one reason is not the terrific quality of coffee they sell, but what they do for the providers of their coffee. LavAzza has been getting their coffee from a number of places around the world. The conditions for the workers were terrible.
As early as 1935, Luigi LavAzza felt something needed to be done and created the LavAzza foundation. This foundation created a win-win solution from the farmers who grew and picked the coffee to the LavAzza Company.
The foundation set up co-ops for an area of local farmers so that they could sell their coffee at the same price at the big companies. They also brought in better living conditions, like running water, better housing and better care for the children.
Today, LavAzza is more committed than ever before towards promoting sustainable development, in areas in which it owns production plants and subsidiaries, as well as in coffee-producing countries from which it sources its green coffee.
More of the LavAzza Company tomorrow…
Lifestyle – The Business Woman
You are a take charge woman who has a vision of what needs to be done and how to do it. You a quiet pride in what you know you can accomplish without making a fuss about it. You know exactly what you like and don’t like in the way of dress, food and what you beverage you want to drink. Tea or coffee may be one of those drinks, but needs to be exactly how you like it.
Tea can be a warming drink that you may like during the day. In the morning and evening you prefer a great tasting cup of coffee. Just one cup that you can make how
you like in on your espresso machine. Or, you may prefer one cup of French
pressed coffee. The tea and coffee keep you going by giving an energy boost with a tad bit of sugar or cream. A Rancilio semi-automatic espresso machine suits you will.
Lifestyles – The College Student
What does the college student, who lives in an apartment do besides go to classes, study and go to and from school? Those who drink something hot, but not necessarily coffee, a single coffee maker can still be a great choice. The Black and Decker Brew ‘N Go has a permanent coffee filter basket. It will hold coffee, hot chocolate, hot cider, tea and any instant soup mix and brew it into a 15 ounce stainless steel mug in less than three minutes.
Enjoy your friends and have them over for something to drink at this cold time of year. For hot chocolate or instant cider, you can heat the water in the coffee maker. Take out the filter basket and run the water through. You will have enough hot water for 2 cups and the instant cider in their cup, just add the water and stir. By the time they have stirred the first drink you will hot water ready in two minutes for more drinks.
You can also use this Black and Decker Brew ‘N Go coffee maker for hot water for hot oatmeal, Jell-o and more. P.S. This coffee maker will automatically shut off if it starts to boil dry.
LifeStyle – Texan Cowboy
A Man’s man isn’t afraid of hard work whether it is out in the field or working in the office. How he lives is his choice and he loves it and he is proud of it. He works a full day and then some. Yet, still makes time to have some fun once in a while.
This is the man who makes a full pot of dark roasted coffee. He is also the man who has a 12 cup coffee maker brewing every morning. Is this type of life style familiar to you? Let me know what I missed or added here that is not right. Dark roast coffee in a 12 cup programmable coffee maker starts a man off on schedule.