Coffee machine firm full of beans after record year
Birmingham-based coffee machine manufacturer, Fracino has seen a record year, with sales up by 10%.
The performance has resulted in the 54-year-old business achieving the highest turnover in its history, with demand strong in both its domestic and export markets.
Exporting to over 70 countries across the globe, performance is up 10% on 2015-2016.
The high demand has resulted in the firm boosting its payroll by 25% and it now employs 66 people at its base in Aston.
The business sells thousands of machines every year to UK customers including Subway, Patisserie Valerie, Living Ventures Restaurant Group, AMT Coffee and Pathfinder pub chains. It even exports its machines to Italy.
Milestones across the last 12 months include launching a second bespoke machine, the SUB2, for fast-food chain Subway’s higher volume stores in both the UK and Ireland. The collaboration followed the success of Fracino’s SUB1, which is installed in 540 sites across the UK and Poland.
The third generation family business, launched in a garden shed in 1953, has also been named as Subway Innovation Partner – an accolade which acknowledges Fracino’s creative flair.
A multi-million pound programme of investment, which is nearing completion, includes a 2,500 sq. ft. extension to accommodate a new showroom, a Technical Training Centre of Excellence and an extended service and spares facility.
Adrian Maxwell, managing director, Fracino said: “Our record-breaking results are attributable to our strategy to invest, innovate and expand. We have an incredibly hard-working team that is second to none in our industry and I thank each of them for their passion and dedication.”
A champion of British manufacturing, Fracino displays the Union Jack on every machine leaving its production facility and over 90% of components are fabricated in-house.
