The Melitta Group

Founded in 1908, the family-owned Melitta Group comprises some 50 internationally operating  branded product companies with around 3,300 employees.

In the household product segment, the Group's activities are dominated by the strategic business field "Coffee and Tea Enjoyment". The internationally renown Melitta® brand and its products coffee, filter papers and coffeemakers account for half of total Group sales. In the roasted coffee category, Melitta is among the top three suppliers in its respective market segments both in Germany as well as in Brazil and the USA.
The Group is also a leading market player in its other strategic business fields - especially in Europe - with its brands Toppits®, Swirl®, GLAD®, Albal®, handy bag® and GAMEO®.

In the out-of-house and catering segment, Melitta SystemService has made a name for itself as a systems supplier and competent partner for professional coffee provision. Together with its Swiss subsidiary Cafina, Melitta SystemService has established itself as an industry pioneer with its innovative new products.
The IKA 2008 fair in Erfurt is a highlight for Melitta SystemService. It is an excellent forum to make contact with our international target group of kitchen chefs and a welcome opportunity to demonstrate our abilities.

Presenting Melitta SystemService and some of its latest products:

Melitta cup- and Melitta cup-breakfast - our best sellers; versatile fully automatic coffee machines; award-winning and highly popular range

The Melitta cup offers a wide variety of fresh coffee specialties as well as simple, fast and reliable operation with perfect frothing and hot chocolate dispensing.

The Melitta cup-breakfast is the ideal solution for the breakfast and banqueting business, or for canteens and care establishments: at the press of a button it can dispense a variety of fresh filter-coffee beverages - in a cup or a pot, with or without milk - as well as hot water for tea and hot milk for muesli or drinking chocolate. At 240 cups per hour, it's the ideal machine wherever large quantities of coffee are required.

Both fully automatic machines are service-friendly and easy to operate. And can be used as mobile units!


Melitta bar: the new fully automatic coffee specialty machine - attractive and compact    

The new fully automatic coffee specialty machine: attractive and compact, offering high performance in a classic-traditional design. With its clear and simple operation, simply choose yourself whether you prefer your frothed milk at the press of a button or manually with the aid of a special steam nozzle.

The Melitta bar also combines the benefits of semi-automatic and fully automatic machines when it comes to design. The machine's innovative metal brew unit is mounted horizontally, thus enabling a much lower overall height and smaller footprint. With its compact dimensions and classic design - including visual references to the sieves of traditional espresso machines - this versatile and fully automatic machine creates a genuine coffee bar atmosphere, without have to miss out on state-of-the-art features. Its robust and professional technology is geared to durability, speed and precision delivery of the ultimate coffee aroma. Two bean containers and a second grinder mean the machine can offer either a second blend or decaffeinated coffee. The Melitta bar can dispense up to 150 cups or more of espresso per hour.

Ideal for lounges, bars, restaurants ... beautifully simple; simply beautiful.


Cafina ALPHA from Melitta SystemService: the high-performance fully automatic coffee machine; perfect coffee quality with over 100 product variants

The high-performance machine of Melitta SystemService's Swiss subsidiary Cafina: perfect coffee quality with over 100 product variants.

A glass touch panel with illuminated product display makes selecting beverages particularly easy. The machine not only lets users choose between two different coffee beans, but also two types of milk. This doubles the number of popular milk-based coffee specialties on offer: for example, a skimmed milk version for weight-conscious coffee lovers. The newly developed Milk Jet system delivers the perfect frothy topping, and the world's easiest milk cleaning system is HACCP tested and certified - guaranteeing optimum hygiene. Simply perfect.