goods founded 1981 founder sergio zappella and arthur schmed headquarters bologna italy area served worldwide products coffee machines parent philips website www.saeco.com saeco was also the name of a road bicycle racing team sponsored by the company . saeco international group s.p.a. or short saeco is an italian manufacturer of manual super automatic and capsule espresso machines and other electrical goods with headquarters and factories in gaggio montano located near bologna . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by sergio zappella and arthur schmed in 1981 as sergio arthur e compagnia . 1 in 1985 they launched the first completely automatic espresso machine for domestic use called superautomatica and in 1999 they bought the historic espresso brand of gaggia . 1 in may 2009 the company board agreed to a purchase offer from dutch manufacturer philips owner of the senseo coffee system subject to shareholder and bank approval . 2 other relevant contributions to the technology used in espresso machines include the cappuccinatore introduced in 1996 as well as the automatic brewing pressure adaption sbs 1999 3 and most recently the announcement of the bluetooth enabled granbaristo avanti 2013 . 4 the saeco brand belongs to the dutch electronics company philips since july 2009 . see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit a b history . saeco international group s.p.a. retrieved 2011 11 12 . philips brews up deal with saeco . bbc news . 2009 05 25 . retrieved 2009 05 25 . saeco technology timeline press release granbaristo avanti external links edit official website v t e philips divisions and subsidiaries current philips consumer lifestyle gaggia saeco philips healthcare philips avent respironics shenzhen goldway industrial philips lighting philips lumileds lighting company corporate technologies former and defunct liquavista magnavox nxp semiconductors philips analytical philips natuurkundig laboratorium polygram fontana records mercury records philips classics records philips records polygram filmed entertainment vertigo records joint ventures and shareholdings current nxp semiconductors 19.9 % philips neusoft medical systems 51 % tcl corporation 6.3 % tp vision 30 % former and defunct asml holding broadcast television systems inc. grundig lg philips display marantz navteq nec philips unified systems philips consumer communications tsmc brands products and standards current ambilight norelco philips cinema 21 9 tv philips entertaible philips gogear philips intimate massagers senseo shoqbox sonicare streamium trimension video content protection system defunct philips cd i philips nino philips velo philips videopac philips videowriter philips yes philishave speechmagic video 2000 people cor boonstra president and chief executive officer frans van houten co founders anton philips and gerard philips frits philips places evoluon high tech campus eindhoven philips arena philips stadion other carousel hdmi licensing philips sports manager of the year phoebus cartel category commons this coffee related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this italian corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article related to a manufacturing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title saeco & oldid 744205694 categories philipsfood and drink companies of italycoffee brandsespresso machineshome appliance brandshome appliance manufacturers of italycompanies established in 1981italian brandscompanies based in bologna1981 establishments in italycoffee in italycoffee stubsitalian company stubsmanufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran aisitalianonederlands portugu s svenska edit links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 19 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view