In 50 years, entrepreneurship and passion have turned a small family business into an internationally successful market leader in the market of fully automatic coffee machines.

We develop and produce fully automatic coffee machines of the highest Swiss quality for professional use. From our location in Weggis, we operate globally and, together with our more than 200 sales and service partners, supply customers in over 80 countries. 

By using the Black&White4 Competizione at the World Latte Art Championship, we are breaking new ground. The fully automatic coffee machine will be the first of its kind at world championships and from now on we will be able to convince a new target group, professional baristas, of our expertise.

The Speciality Coffee Association (SCA) represents thousands of coffee professionals around the world - from producers to baristas. Its aim is to promote standardised knowledge in the global coffee community.

Every year, the SCA organises the World Coffee Championships in seven different disciplines. One of these is the World Latte Art Championship. Yannis Apostolopoulos, CEO of the SCA, explains why a fully automatic coffee machine such as the Black&White4 Competizione will be used from now on: «We are delighted to recognise the outstanding quality of the Thermoplan Black&White4 Competizione and to announce the very first fully automatic machine at the World Coffee Championships. This marks a significant step in the important task of including a wider range of machines at the World Coffee Championships. We are honoured to work with Thermoplan over the next four years as we continue to pursue our shared goal of promoting global coffee excellence.»