Facts & figures
We are an internationally active, family-owned group of companies. We owe our existence to Melitta Bentz, who revolutionized coffee enjoyment around the world with her invention of the coffee filter in 1908. We have since written a unique success story with many more pioneering innovations.
At the end of 2022, the companies of the Melitta Group employed a total of 5,957 people (prior year: 5,904) and generated sales of € 2.3 billion (prior year: € 1.9 billion).