Manufactures professional coffee machines, commercial kitchen systems and kitchen fittings for foodservice and private households.
Franke Gruppe (Franke Management AG)
Grünsfeld (DE) · Bad Säckingen (DE) · Aarburg (CH)New on Amplifa
About Franke
The Franke Group, headquartered in Aarburg, Switzerland, was founded in 1911 as a small craft business and is today a globally active company with around 8,000 employees on five continents and exports to more than 100 countries. The company manufactures and sells in three business divisions: Franke Coffee Systems develops and produces professional fully automatic coffee machines with technologies such as iQFlow, FoamMaster and CleanMaster; Franke Foodservice Systems delivers complete kitchen solutions, workstations and kitchen equipment for international quick-service chains from design through installation and maintenance; Franke Home Solutions produces kitchen fittings such as sinks, faucets and extractor hoods. Manufacturing includes stainless steel, partly with special surface coatings (F-inox) as well as the granite composite material Fragranite. The processes include contract manufacturing of custom kitchen systems, engineering, project management, logistics and service. Customers include brands such as Mövenpick and McDonald's as well as hotels and restaurants, bakeries, convenience stores, canteens and healthcare facilities. German locations are Grünsfeld (Coffee Systems) and Bad Säckingen (Foodservice Systems and Home Solutions).
- Site
- Aarburg
- Processes
- Contract manufacturing / custom-made kitchen systems and workstations, Kitchen design, planning, engineering and project management, Kitchen planning and design, Project management, Assembly and commissioning, Logistics and sales, Program management, Support and customer service
- Materials
- F-inox (stainless steel with F-inox surface coating), Fragranite (granite composite material for sinks), Stainless steel (F-inox), Fragranite
- Certificates
- ISO 9001
- Founded
- 1911
- Employees
- ca. 8,000 (Franke
- Industries
- Hotel and restaurant, Café and bakery, Café chains, Fast food restaurant, Convenience store, Coffee-to-go
- 01
Kitchen planning and design
- 02
Engineering and project management
- 03
Contract manufacturing and custom sourcing
- 04
Assembly and commissioning
- 05
Logistics and sales
- 06
Digital services and fleet management
- 07
Support, customer service and spare parts supply
Materials and Technologies
Stainless steel (F-inox)
Core material for sinks, kitchen systems and workstations; the F-inox surface coating clusters water molecules so that no water spots remain after drying.
Fragranite
Granite composite material for kitchen sinks with high resistance in everyday use.
Locations
Grünsfeld
DEFranke Coffee Systems GmbH, German headquarters
- Materials
- Stainless steel, plastic, electronics
Bad Säckingen
DEFranke Foodservice Systems GmbH and Franke GmbH (Home Solutions)
- Materials
- Stainless steel
Aarburg
CHGroup headquarters Franke Management AG
Products and Systems
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contract manufacturing / custom-made kitchen systems and workstationsAssembly | – | – | – | – | Stainless steel |
| Kitchen design, planning, engineering and project managementEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
Quality is ensured through real-time extraction control (iQFlow), precision temperature control, automatic cleaning systems and digital fleet monitoring via Franke Digital Services. A documented certification system is not specified in the sources.
| Evidence | Grünsfeld |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 |
History
- 1911
Founded as a small craft business; today a globally active group
Foodservice history began with Mövenpick; over 50 years of solutions for international quick-service chains