reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . october 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message krampouz s.a.s. founded 1949 founder mr jean marie bosser headquarters pluguffan brittany france owner mr serge kergoat number of employees 50 website www.krampouz.com krampouz is a manufacturing company based in brittany france and developing a full range of made in france commercial and residential cooking equipment . main product lines crepe makers waffle makers panini grill planchas ... krampouz means cr pe in breton . contents 1 early history 2 current situation 3 anecdote 4 see also 5 external links early history edit krampouz crepe makers in use in a parisian cr perie shortly after manufacturing for a friend a first experimental cast iron electric crepe griddle in 1945 electrician jean marie bosser decided to launch his own crepe maker manufacturing company . krampouz was thus created in 1949 . the company first developed a full range of professional electric crepe makers for which it instantly became and ever since remained a leader worldwide.http www.bagadoo.tm.fr uk economie index.html krampouz then later on introduced professional gas crepe makers as well as domestic electric crepe makers . current situation edit professional cast iron panini machines in a montreal coffee shop belgian waffle maker in use during the gastronomy competition of the montreal highlights festival after the acquisition at the end of the twentieth century of a belgian waffle maker manufacturer s trademark krampouz introduced a full range of cast iron waffle makers . this line of products was then completely redesigned and brought to a new standard through innovation . new krampouz waffle makers produced a breakthrough on the markets with the introduction of easy clean system patented . this innovation allows users to detach irons from the machine to clean them . the company then developed more new products adding easy clean panini machines and carts to its commercial range . in the mid 2000s krampouz added griddles named planchas to its residential and commercial ranges . mr serge kergoat became ceo in 2006 and krampouz developed a new strategy focusing on increasing its presence in foreign markets . 2013 company turnover is 12.3 m . present distribution network 200 distributors in more than 150 countries . anecdote edit crepe makers are usually referred to as billig in the french western region of brittany whereas it is simply the name of krampouz best selling domestic crepe griddle . due to its popularity in the area its name has eventually fully replaced the word crepe maker there . billig can even be found in both breton and french dictionaries as synonymous of crepe maker krampouezherez in breton cr pi re in french . see also edit cr pe crumpet crepe maker panini panini press waffle waffle iron external links edit official website lemoci.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title krampouz & oldid 740017082 categories cooking appliancesmanufacturing companies of francecompanies based in brittanyfrench brandshidden categories articles lacking in text citations from october 2012all articles lacking in text citationspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 espa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 18 september 2016 at 15 17 . 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