
Vending service and corporate catering with vending machines, fill products and BIO & Fairtrade own brands

AP Automaten-Verpflegung Nordwest GmbH
Hiddenhausen (Headquarters)New on Amplifa
About AP Nordwest
AP Automaten-Verpflegung Nordwest GmbH is a vending company from Hiddenhausen in East Westphalia with many years of experience in vending machine catering. The company offers an exclusive vending service package for businesses that includes installation, technical service by service technicians and service refill drivers, as well as operating, rental or purchase of the machines. In addition, fill products such as coffee, cocoa, coffee whitener, topping, vending sugar and cold beverage powders as well as accessories such as BIO cups are distributed. Own brands with BIO and Fairtrade certification (Ragazza Verde, Ramona-Gold, Kakao Harmony) complement the range. Further business areas are corporate catering as well as hospital and senior catering. The company was founded in 1996 in Herford; today the headquarters are located at Mittelpunktstraße 65 in Hiddenhausen.
- Site
- Hiddenhausen
- Processes
- Exclusive vending service (all-inclusive package), Technical service (service technicians, service refill drivers), Operating (rental, purchase, operating), Product trading (fill products, accessories), Corporate catering, Hospital and senior catering, Free installation with price guarantee, Own brands (BIO & Fairtrade coffee: Ragazza Verde, Ramona-Gold; Kakao Harmony)
- Materials
- Virgin fiber cardboard with PLA coating, PLA (biopolymer based on corn starch), PLA biopolymer based on corn starch, Virgin fiber cardboard (FSC-compliant)
- Certificates
- BDV quality seal (modeled on DIN EN ISO 9001:2015), BIO according to EC Organic Regulation, BIO according to EC Organic Regulation (DE-ÖKO-064), EN 13432 / OK compost (BIO cups)
- Founded
- 1996
- Industries
- Vending / Refreshment Services, Corporate catering, Hospital and senior catering
- 01
Consultation and selection of the machines (rental, purchase, operating)
- 02
Free installation at customers' premises
- 03
Refilling by service refill drivers
- 04
Technical service by service technicians
- 05
Delivery of fill products and accessories
Products & Materials
PLA biopolymer based on corn starch
Interior coating (25 g/sqm) of the compostable BIO cups, heat-resistant up to 90 °C.
Virgin fiber cardboard (FSC-compliant)
Material of the BIO cups according to EU standard EN 13432, fully biodegradable.
Locations

Hiddenhausen
DEHeadquarters
Herford
DEFormer first premises (Brunnenstraße 28a, 1996)
Products & Service Areas




Inside the production



Industries
Additional services
Quality & Certification
For over 20 years, the company has been regularly audited every three years according to the BDV quality seal, which is modeled on the requirements of DIN EN ISO 9001:2015. Food law, hygiene, self-checks, labeling, traceability as well as a management system are audited.
| Evidence | Hiddenhausen |
|---|---|
| BDV quality seal (modeled on DIN EN ISO 9001:2015) | |
| BIO according to EC Organic Regulation (DE-ÖKO-064) | |
| EN 13432 / OK compost (BIO cups) |
History
- 1996
Founding of AP Automaten-Verpflegung Nordwest GmbH by Udo Holste at Brunnenstraße 28a in Herford; first machine Café Europa Speed Mix, started with a service car and transporter.
- 1996
Move into the first premises at Brunnenstraße 28a, Herford.
- 2019
Re-audit for the BDV quality seal on 13 March 2019; validity of the seal until 31 December 2021.