Fracino
Company Details
1960’s
The story began in 1962 when machine tool designer Frank Maxwell – hailed as ‘the godfather of espresso’ – stripped down a second hand coffee machine bought on a family holiday in Italy. A year later Frank launched the business in a garden shed and started importing and supplying coffee machines to retail outlets in Britain.
1990
The company has traded under the Fracino brand since 1990. Based on the Wyrley Trading Estate in Birmingham, Fracino’s 60 plus product portfolio is now enjoyed and respected worldwide. Its powerful machines are tailored to suit all budgets, with customised equipment meeting technical and aesthetic requirements.
2000
Fracino is recognised as one of the UK’s fastest growing inner city enterprises, scoops a Millennium Product Award for design for the Roastilino counter top roaster and is the first company of its kind to gain the ISO 9001 quality standard.
2009
Fracino wins the Equipment & Supplies Excellence Award from the Caterer and Hotelkeeper for the Cybercino bean to cup machine.
2011
In a speech on exporting and growth in November 2011, British Prime Minister David Cameron said: “It’s not just the film industry where Britain is excelling – Fracino in Birmingham is selling coffee-makers to Italy.”
2012
Fracino expands its manufacturing facility to a new purpose-built headquarters close to its current site to meet increased demand – bringing the total size of the company’s premises to 50,000 sq ft.
2013
A momentous year in which Fracino celebrates 50 years in the coffee industry and is invited to supply 11 of its Piccino machines to the G8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. The machines were available in the world leaders lodges – promoting British innovation and manufacturing expertise. Prime Minister David Cameron also has a machine at number 10. In the same year Fracino was tipped next to Mini and Jaguar Land Rover as one of 5 Super-Brit brands taking over the world in 2014 (LondonlovesBusiness) and clinched the following awards:
- Winner of Winners Award – (manufacturer’s association, the EEF).
- Outstanding Export Award – (manufacturer’s association, the EEF).
- New Frontiers Award (UK Red Ribbon Awards – Family Business Place).
- Excellence in International Business (Birmingham Chamber of Commerce).
- Manufacturer of the Year (Essential Café).
2014
Fracino founder, Frank Maxwell receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from Essential Café and Fracino’s trailblazing success continues.
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As a brand leader with a flair for innovation, our trailblazing success sees us export our machines to over 70 countries across five continents. In the UK, our machines are installed in bustling coffee shops, boutique hotels, gastro pubs and restaurants – producing great coffee and delivering high profits for retailers.
We manufacture our extensive range of espresso coffee machine models in our state-of-the-art Production Facility in Birmingham, Great Britain – at the very heart of the UK’s leading manufacturing expertise.
The multiple awards we have received from both the manufacturing and hospitality sectors reward the excellence of our technology and investment in quality and design excellence.