Gaggio Montano, Italy, 1981. In a small Apennine town in the Italian province of Bologna, Italy's passion for coffee partnered with Swiss precision to create the perfect home espresso machine. Sergio Zappella, an Italian espresso machine manufacturer, and Arthur Schmed, a Swiss engineer, spent four years testing and perfecting their design for the first fully automatic espresso coffee machine. After seven years of successfully marketing their machines in Europe, their company, Saeco International Group, came to the States through their subsidiary, Saeco USA Inc.
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