Machwitz Kaffee
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 Machwitz Kaffee's headquarters in Hanover, including updated company logo | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food processing |
| Founded | 1883 in Danzig Kingdom of Prussia[1] |
| Founder | Wilhelm Machwitz |
| Headquarters | Am Marstall 18-24, 30159 Hanover, Germany (since 1919)[2] |
Key people | Wilhelm Machwitz (founder),[1] Walter Koch (1911–1998, bought the company in 1948),[1] Jörg Walter Koch (b. circ. 1949, W. Koch's son),[1] Maximilian Koch ( March 18, 1981, J. Koch's son)[1] |
| Products | Packaged foods, roasted coffee, chocolates, tea, sweets, colonial goods,[3] beverages[4] |
| Total equity | €912,420 [3] (2021) |
Number of employees | fewer than 25 |
| Website | www |
Machwitz Kaffee (German pronunciation: [ˈmaxvɪts kaˈfeː]) is a German family-owned coffee roaster and retailer from Hanover, Germany.[1] Founded in Gdańsk in 1883 as a consumer goods store, the headquarters moved to Hanover in 1919 and began specialising in coffee.[1]
The company was purchased by Walter Koch (1911–1998) in 1948, and has remained in the family's ownership ever since.[1]
From 1952 to 1956, Walter Koch was a member of the Hanover City Council, representing the Deutsche Partei (German Party), a national-conservative and monarchist political party which appealed to sentiments of German nationalism and nostalgia for the German Empire.
In 1958, he bought and restored the 16th-century Hehlen moated castle, which remains in the family's ownership to this day.[5]
