Eugster / Frismag
| Eugster / Frismag AG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1978 |
| Seat | Amriswil , Switzerland |
| management | Arthur Eugster ( CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors ) |
| Number of employees | 3,000 (2018) |
| sales | 583 million CHF (2018) |
| Branch | domestic appliances |
| Website | www.eugster.ch |
The Eugster / Frismag AG , headquartered in Amriswil is an international Swiss manufacturer of domestic and semi-professional devices . The company develops and produces coffee machines in particular for well-known international and national brands , including around 95 percent of Nespresso machines, but also for companies such as Jura , Melitta , Moulinex , Miele , König, Turmix and Nivona. In total, the annual production amounts to around 5 million coffee machines.
In addition to the three development and production sites in Switzerland with around 1,600 jobs, the company has its own production facility in Portugal with around 500 employees. Another part of the products is produced by a joint venture in China. Eugster / Frismag is only active in the OEM business and does not appear on the market with its own brand. The family business employs more than 3,000 people and generated sales of 569 million Swiss francs in 2018.
history
After Arthur Eugster started producing electrical household appliances such as egg cookers and waffle irons in 1976 , he founded Frismag AG in Amriswil with his brother Markus in 1978 and began assembling coffee machines. The company had its breakthrough in 1984 with an inexpensive espresso machine that generated high sales in the USA. In 1989 a subsidiary was founded in Portugal for the assembly of coffee machines. At the beginning of the 1990s, further production sites were opened in Switzerland and in 1994 the first fully automatic coffee machine was brought onto the market. In 1995 the individual companies were merged to form Eugster / Frismag AG and the group headquarters relocated to Romanshorn. In 1997 a partnership for the production of filter coffee machines was entered into in China, which was transferred to a joint venture company in 2005.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c "Top 500 Swiss Companies 2018, Handelszeitung / Bisnode". In: Website Bisnode, accessed on November 17, 2019.
- ↑ Swiss wage disgrace