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Eric Favre
Swiss engineer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eric Favre is a Swiss engineer, best known for inventing the Nespresso system in 1976, the first single-serve coffee container.
Favre graduated from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne[1] and joined Nestle in 1975.[2]
In 1976, Favre, an employee of Nestlé, invented, patented and introduced the Nespresso system.[3] Favre was the first president of Nespresso.[4]
In 1991, Favre launched Monodor (Now renamed as MOCOFFEE), a new patented capsule system that did not use aluminium. The patents are used under license by Lavazza and Migros.[5]
In 2014, Favre received a Coffee Leaders Lifetime Achievement Award at the GCR Leaders Symposium in Singapore.[5]
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