please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message gaggia s.p. a type espresso machine manufacturer industry domestic & professional espresso machines founded 1947 headquarters robecco sul naviglio products espresso machines parent philips website www.gaggia.com a gelato maker made by gaggia gaggia is an italian company that makes coffee machines especially espresso and cappuccino machines in addition to small kitchen appliances . the company is owned by saeco international group a division of dutch consumer electronics giant philips . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the founder achille gaggia applied for a patent patent number 365726 for the first modern steamless coffee machine on september 5 1938 to be used commercially in his coffee bar . the machine forced water to flow over the coffee grounds at a high pressure producing the crema that is unique to espresso . the gaggia company was founded in 1947 and formally incorporated in 1948 . it first produced machines for commercial use but shortly thereafter released the gilda its first home machine . 1 the company continues to produce quality espresso machines as well as accessories from classic manual machines to the innovative super automatic models recently added to the line . as of 2010 all gaggia espresso and coffee machines are still manufactured in milan at the robecco sul naviglio factory . the 2015 gaggia classic is built in romania instead . the gaggia s.p. a company was purchased in 1999 by fellow italian competitor saeco international group which in turn was purchased by dutch manufacturer philips in 2009 . gaggia still operates a separate line but now is using saeco designs in some of its domestic espresso machines . before the takeover by philips most domestic espresso machines from gaggia had aluminium boilers . now they have stainless steel boilers . see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit 1948 gaggia gilda design study . retrieved 2 november 2014 . 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gaggia & oldid 723593546 categories philipsfood and drink companies of italycoffee brandsespresso machineshome appliance brandshome appliance manufacturers of italycompanies established in 19471947 establishments in italyitalian brandscoffee in italyhidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2014all articles needing additional references 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 aisitalianonorsk bokm lsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 3 june 2016 at 23 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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