Ascaso – For Coffee Lovers

Ascaso build a range of high design, commercial and domestic espresso machines. Manufactured at a factory in Barcelona, owned and operated by the Ascaso family since 1962.

The founder of the business, Jesús Ascaso, a man with an entrepreneurial spirit, was born in a mountain town in northern Spain. In 1950 he began work for a supplier of spare parts for espresso machines in Barcelona. Then in 1952 he joined Gaggia Espanola, making parts for consumer espresso machines.

In the 1950s espresso started to become popular in Spain and the rest of Europe, in Barcelona this popularity led to a budding industry. Providing original brand spare parts for espresso machines was expensive. Jesús Ascaso decided to supply spare parts for all brands, which led him to open his own parts factory in 1962, in Barcelona.

Today more than 45 years later, Ascaso is still a family owned business, now selling its products in more than 50 different countries.

During the last ten years José Luis Ascaso, the founder’s son, has expanded the Ascaso business. He has established a new company division to design and manufacture fine quality, commercial and domestic espresso machines. Machines built with the long-established precision and passion of the Ascaso family.