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{{Short description|Italian coffee machine manufacturer}}
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{{Infobox company 
| name = Gaggia S.p.A.
| logo = [[File:Gaggia_logo.svg|frameless|200px|class=skin-invert]]
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation = [[Robecco sul Naviglio]], Italy, {{start date and age|1947}}
| founder = Giovanni Achille Gaggia
| location = [[Gaggio Montano]]
| location_country = [[Italy]]
| key_people = 
| area_served = Worldwide
| industry = Domestic & professional espresso machines
| products = [[Espresso machine|Espresso Machines]]
| revenue = 
| operating_income = 
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| num_employees =
| parent = Evoca Group
| subsid =
| homepage = [http://www.gaggia.com Domestic coffee machines] [https://gaggiaprofessional.evocagroup.com Professional coffee machines]
| footnotes =
}}
[[File:Macchina Gaggia.jpg|thumb|Gaggia Internazionale 2 group espresso machine, c.1950]]
[[File:Gaggia, modello Classica -1948.jpg|thumb|upright|Model "Classica", 1948]]
[[File:GaggiaCC Modell 2010-10.JPG|thumb|upright|Gaggia Classic, 10/2010]]

'''Gaggia''' is an Italian manufacturer of [[coffee machine]]s, especially [[espresso machine]]s, in addition to small kitchen [[Electrical appliance|appliances]]. The company is owned by the Evoca Group.<ref>{{cite web |title=Evoca Group - Our Brands |url=https://www.evocagroup.com/en/our-brands/gaggia |publisher=Evoca Group |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>

==History==
The founder, Giovanni Achille Gaggia (1895–1961), applied for a patent (patent number 365726) for the first modern steamless [[coffee]] machine on 5 September 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 foam|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orphanespresso.com/1948-Gaggia-Gilda-Design-Study_ep_616-1.html|title=1948 Gaggia Gilda Design Study|access-date=2 November 2014|archive-date=15 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315061003/http://www.orphanespresso.com/1948-Gaggia-Gilda-Design-Study_ep_616-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Success came when the Motta & Biffi bar in [[Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II]], in Milan, installed a Gaggia machine. Initially the coffee machines produced by Gaggia were exclusively for professional use, but in 1977 production expanded to coffee machines for domestic use. Giovanni's son, Camillo, with his partner Armando Migliorini, expanded the business on the [[Navigli]] but encountered economic difficulties. In 1989 the company, which had a turnover of over 56 billion lire, changed ownership and was sold to the Austro-American businessman Gerhard Andlingler.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SALAME E CAFFE' PER ANDLINGER - la Repubblica.it |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1990/01/26/salame-caffe-per-andlinger.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Archivio - la Repubblica.it |date=26 January 1990 |language=it}}</ref>

Gaggia has four product lines. They market automatic espresso machines, manual espresso machines, accessories, and coffee beans under the Gaggia brand name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gaggia Milan |url=http://www.Gaggia.com | website=Gaggia Company Website |access-date=29 October 2019}}</ref> The company continues to produce espresso machines (as well as accessories) from classic manual machines to the innovative semi-automatic and super-automatic models recently added to the line.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gaggia Brera Super Automatic Espresso Machine Review |url=http://www.ibelieveicanfry.com/gaggia-brera-review/ |website=I Believe I Can Fry |date=2 October 2018 |access-date=30 October 2018}}</ref>

In 2007 the Milanese company went into crisis due to a drop in sales, with the risk of closing the Robecco plant and moving production to [[Romania]] and Gaggio Montano. Two years later, Gaggia follows the fate of its parent company Saeco, which is taken over by the Dutch multinational Philips.<ref>{{Cite web |title=La moka in pensione, Gaggia in crisi - la Repubblica.it |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2007/03/22/la-moka-in-pensione-gaggia-in-crisi.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Archivio - la Repubblica.it |date=22 March 2007 |language=it}}</ref>

As of 2010, all Gaggia espresso and coffee machines are still manufactured in [[Milan]] at the [[Robecco Sul Naviglio]] factory. The 2015 Gaggia Classic was built in Romania instead. The New Gaggia Classic is made in Italy again and uses an aluminum boiler.

The Gaggia S.p. A company was purchased in 1999 by fellow [[Italy|Italian]] competitor [[Saeco|Saeco International Group]], which in turn was purchased by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] manufacturer [[Philips]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gaggia-na.com/pages/history|title=Our History|website=Gaggia North America|access-date=August 26, 2024|quote=2009: Another era starts when the majority share of Gaggia is sold, together with Saeco Group, to Royal Philips Electronics.}}</ref> Gaggia still operates a separate line but now is using Saeco designs in some of its domestic [[espresso machine]]s. Before the takeover by Philips most domestic espresso machines from Gaggia had aluminium boilers. Now they have stainless steel boilers.

In 2017 Philips sold the Saeco Professional division, along with the Gaggia brand, to N&W Global Vending SpA, an Italian [[Bergamo]] based company known as a leader in vending machines for drinks and snacks. In November, 2017 N&W changed its name to Evoca Group,<ref>{{cite web |last1=admin |title=N&W Global Vending rebrands as EVOCA Group |date=29 November 2017 |url=https://www.vending-europe.eu/nw-global-vending-rebrands-as-evoca-group/ |publisher=European Vending & Coffee Association |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref> which revitalized the [[Gaggio Montano]] plant in Bologna. The company specialized in the production of machines for bars and restaurants and relaunched the Gaggia brand.<ref name="90-35-ilsole24ore.com-cit">{{cite web|url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/nw-fa-suoi-marchi-saeco-e-gaggia-e-rilancia-sito-gaggio-montano--AElcapn|title=N&W fa suoi i marchi Saeco e Gaggia e rilancia il sito di Gaggio Montano -  Il Sole 24 ORE}}</ref>

==See also ==
{{Portal|Italy|Companies|Coffee}}
* [[Bialetti]]
* [[De'Longhi]]
* [[Faema]]
* [[FrancisFrancis]]
* [[La Marzocco]]
* [[Rancilio]]
* [[List of Italian companies]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Gaggia}}
*{{official website|http://www.gaggia.com/}}
{{Coffee in Italy}}
{{Home appliance brands}}

[[Category:Espresso machines]]
[[Category:Coffee appliance vendors]]
[[Category:Home appliance brands]]
[[Category:Home appliance manufacturers of Italy]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1947]]
[[Category:Italian companies established in 1947]]
[[Category:Italian brands]]
[[Category:Coffee in Italy]]
[[Category:Saeco]]