Krups

KRUPS

Type	Private
Industry	Kitchen appliance
Founded	Germany (1846 (1846))
Founder	Robert Krups
Products	Kitchen appliance
Website	krups.com

Krups is a German kitchen appliance manufacturer part of the Groupe SEB. It is named after its founder Robert Krups. It is often confused with the Krupp conglomerate.

The company also produces a large variety of household appliances. Krups competes with De'Longhi, Sunbeam, Braun, Russell Hobbs, Bosch and Black & Decker.

History

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The company began in 1846 manufacturing precision scales and mainly industrial balances, in Wald, now a district of Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia. This was the company's main "bread-and-butter" for the next 110 years.

• 1951- Following the 1950s postwar reconstruction and economic boom in Germany, Krups moved into the lucrative consumer appliance arena.
• 1959- Releases the highly popular 3Mix (German, Drei-Mix) mixing machine- soon a fixture in almost every second West German household.
• 1961 Releases the ONKO coffee machine- Which was available as the F468 until 2014.
• 1965- launches first slicer- highly popular in Germany where sausage (wurst) and cheese are consumed as staples.
• 1983- first coffee machines released
• 1990- Krups employs 3000 people in four German factories, one in Limerick, Ireland with annual revenue of DM 541 million. Coffee machines make the bulk of sales of 40% Germany and 30% in USA.
• 1991 Krups undertakes joint venture with Nestlé to produce the Nespresso machine.
• 1996- 150th anniversary.
• 2001- joins Groupe SEB following bankruptcy
• 2005 Group SEB reorients Krups market as a premium brand and employs designer Konstantin Grcic.
• to date Krups headquarters are located in Solingen and Offenbach am Main.

Products

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Krups manufactures several espresso makers, including the "Vivo F880", pictured here.

• BeerTender
• Bread Makers
• Can Openers
• Coffee grinders
• Coffee Machines
  • Automatic-drip Coffee Machines
  • Coffee/Espresso Combination Machines
  • Pod Machines
  • Nespresso

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Krups coffee grinder (European market)

• • Nescafe Dolce Gusto
• Electric Knives
• Electric Slicers
• Espresso Machines
  • Fully Automatic Espresso Machines
  • Pump espresso machines
  • Coffee/Espresso Combination Machines
• Food processors
• Grill
• Ice cream makers
• Juicers
• Kettles
• Kitchen scales
• Sandwich/Panini and Waffle makers
• Toasters & Toaster ovens
• Electric mixers
• Hand mixers

Trivia

• Krups Irish factory in Limerick closed in 1999, formerly employing 800 people.
• The Krups Type 223 Coffina Super coffee grinder was used as a prop in the 1979 film Alien as part of the Nostromo spacecraft and also in Back to the Future as 'Mr. Fusion'.

See also

• Trojan Room coffee pot

References

• 1. Kevin N. Otto, Kristin L. Wood. Product Design. Pearson Education India. 978817758821. pp281
• Robert Krups, North America 1986. Krups / 10 years in America: Quality... by design, 86/87. 32 pages/.

External links

• Krups Official website