Germany: Melitta to invest more than €100 million in Bremen coffee facility

Melitta, the German independent family-owned company, has announced an investment of more than €100 million ($116 million) in its location in Bremen. The investment package is part of the company’s “Melitta 2033” growth and internationalisation strategy.

The initiative aims to increase production capacity at the Bremen coffee roastery by approximately 50% to reliably serve the growing demand for roasted coffee in high quality in the future. At the same time, the flexibility, sustainability and quality of the Bremen roastery are set to significantly improve further. The investments will be implemented gradually over the next five to six years.

As part of the expansion, Melitta Gruppe plans to acquire two adjacent plots of land, invest in a new building, and expand and modernise existing buildings. The largest part of the investments will flow into new roasting, packaging and silo plants, as well as process control and command systems, to flexibly cover the increased demand for different coffee products.

Jero Bentz, a member of corporate communications and great-grandson of the company founder Melitta Bentz, stated: “The goal of our Strategy 2033 is to at least double the group’s turnover by then. A central lever for this is the coffee business in Europe. With the investments, we are creating important conditions to even better meet individual customer and market needs and thus achieve our growth and internationalisation goals in the coming years”.

Bentz added: “At the same time, this step is a clear commitment to our location in Bremen – we feel very comfortable here with our roastery”.

Melitta has around 5,500 employees, operates in 75 countries worldwide, and reported an annual turnover of €2.53 billion ($2.94 billion) in 2025.

Source: Melitta