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Brand CREM INTERNATIONAL

CREM INTERNATIONAL

- WHERE QUALITY, INNOVATION AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT CONVERGE

Crem International
Crem International AB has been designing, manu-
facturing and marketing high quality coffee machines for
personal and professional use since 1985. With three
strong brands under its flagship, Expobar, Coffee Queen
and Spengler, Crem International provides high quality
solutions for the food and drinks industry.

Entrepreneurial roots

In Spain, Rafael Olaso Peiro witnessed the influx of
tourists during its apertura in the 1960’s. Seizing this
opportunity, he started importing exclusive, innovative
and necessary products to answer to the needs of the
growing hotel and restaurant business. With the knowl-
edge of trading that he gained over the years, he decided
to start the company Crem Aparatos Cafexpress manu-
facturing his own in 1985. After three years, Expobar was
launched.
In Sweden, Alvar Carlson loved experimenting with
metal. One day, while he was drinking a cup of coffee, he
thought of designing his own coffee machine. And so, he
set to work, inventing the EDEA 2x7 in 1968. He set up
his own company, which Stig Mansson, one of Alvar’s
trusted employees took over the company in 1981. A few
years later, Stig met Georg Möller and merger took place
in 1983. It was finalized when Georg bought EDEA and
renamed it Coffee Queen AB in 1986.

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