Krups
The company was founded in 1846 by Robert Krups, who works in a forge of Wald in North Rhine-Westphalia. It develops activities to forge industrial activities. His son (also named Robert) moves the company in Solingen and started to export industrial products of the forge, including the Netherlands and Switzerland. After the Second World War, production is diversified and the plant, which has thirty employees, began the manufacture of household appliances. In 1956 the first is sold krups coffee grinder, which is very popular. The appliance's most popular Krups is marketed in 1959. This is the Drei Mix (3-Mix), multi-function mixer. Producing devices with small electric motors, krups team largely German households in the 1960s. The company has four factories in Germany and Ireland, Limerick. In early 1980, krups launched into the manufacture of coffee machines, espresso machines and especially. It offers a wide range: steam engines, combined espresso / coffee, etc. . The company has 30,000 employees in 1990 and advance sales of 541 million DM, mainly in Germany and the United States. krups is purchased by the SEB Group in 2001 and continues to exist as a standalone brand, focusing on a high-end market. The seat is still Krups Solingen. The plant closed in 1999 Ireland. Copyright: The text is available under Creative Commons attribution share alike, other conditions may apply. See Terms of Use for more details and credit graphics. If reuse of text on this page, see how to cite authors and include the license. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. . , Charitable organization governed by Section 501 (c) (3) of the Tax Code of the United States. . . .
