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The company has received an award for its cutting-edge MIA EASYMILK technology, which combines the convenience of reconstituted freeze-dried milk with the quality of fresh milk in a wide range of beverages, from cappuccinos to latte macchiatos. This technology offers operational simplicity, autonomy, and ease of cleaning while maintaining the quality in cup that is achieved with fresh milk.

According to Juanje Alberdi, General Manager of the Coffee & Payment divisions, the recognition from the leading European Association positions us excellently to advance our expansion plans. We will continue our policy of investing in innovation and design, which has brought us so much joy and prestigious international awards in recent years.

The European Vending & Coffee Service Association (EVA), based in Belgium, is the industry’s reference organization and has represented the interests of the entire value chain of the industry before the European Commission and other relevant authorities since 1994. This year, the awards were presented at the gala held in Bucharest, Romania, coinciding with the EVEX (European Vending Experience) event, which brings together the key players in the vending and Office Coffee Service industry.

In this edition, the awards were divided into two categories: Sustainability and Innovation, with the aim of highlighting products, services, and processes introduced to the market in the last two years. An independent jury composed of European experts and professionals evaluated the nominations. The prestigious Innovation award was granted to Azkoyen, while the multinational Nestlé received the Sustainability award.

Innovation Award

MIA EASYMILK is based on the reconstitution of freeze-dried milk and emulsion through meticulous temperature control and a careful micro-injection process of air, allowing for extraordinary and consistent cup quality, cup after cup, without the need for a steam boiler, adapting to the different tastes of consumers. The MIA Easymilk technology brings benefits to operators and roasters as it contributes to reducing logistical processes by requiring fewer routes to refill the machine with freeze-dried milk compared to using fresh milk. Additionally, it requires less intensive cleaning. Moreover, for the end consumer, this new technology allows the preparation of exquisite drinks with a silky, velvety textured foam and all the flavor of fresh milk.

Azkoyen Group, a Spanish multinational leader in technology, has been awarded at the Vendies 2023, recognising the company’s commitment to sustainability and innovation.

The Group has received the award for the Most Sustainable Product for its Neo Q machine that combines coffee and water services and promotes sustainability in workplaces, leisure centres, gyms, and other establishments by encouraging the use of one’s own cup or bottle. This machine had already been recently awarded the IF Design Award, one of the most prestigious recognitions in the world of design.

The Office Coffee Service & Vending Industry Awards, Vendies 2023, acknowledge the success, innovation, and technology of companies in the sector in the United Kingdom. The ceremony was held at an event where the work carried out by companies was recognised, and attendees had the opportunity to network among the main industry players.

In addition to the prestigious award for Most Sustainable Product, Azkoyen Group also received recognitions in two other categories. The first one was directed to the innovative Easy Milk technology that transforms dehydrated milk and reconstitutes it with the same quality as fresh milk. This technology was awarded in the Best Innovation in Machines category. This award further demonstrates the Azkoyen Group’s commitment to novelty, research and the organisation’s work to drive technological advances in their industry.

Furthermore, Azkoyen Group received high commendation for the recently updated website under his British brand Coffetek. With a customer-centric strategy, the new website offers a solid and intuitive user experience, accurately reflecting the values of the Azkoyen Group, and provides customers with easy access to information related to their products and technical support.

Azkoyen Group, the Spanish multinational leader in technology, is participating in NAMA Show 2023, the reference event in the Office Coffee Service, vending, micro-markets, and convenience store industry in the Americas.

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Neo Q has been awarded with the prestigious iF Design Award 2023, the world-renowned design prize. An internationally recognized prize that honors design achievements in all disciplines. Neo Q, the revolutionary esspresso coffee machine and water fountain machine has become the first Coffee freestanding machine to receive the prestigious iF Design Award.

Neo Q’s exceptional design, engineering, and innovation have made it a standout product in the market. Its elegant and modern design, intuitive touch screen interface, and efficient energy usage make it an ideal addition to any office or communal space. Not only is Neo Q a top-of-the-line coffee and filter water machine, but it also promotes sustainability in the workplace by encouraging the use of reusable bottles and cups.

Sustainability has grown in focus for the iF Design Award, and Neo Q is a perfect example of a product that combines exceptional design with eco-friendly practices. Since 1954, the iF Design Award has been a globally recognized trademark for excellent design, and the iF brand is internationally established as a symbol of design excellence.

Last year we won the European Product Design Award with Neo Q and this is a new milestone!

Azkoyen has attended CTW (Coffee, Tea & Water) 2022, which takes place every year in the USA. This event is a new meeting point for operators and professionals who offer non-attended solutions for workplaces and public spaces.

This event, which brings together major companies from the world of coffee, tea, water and convenience services, unfolded via educational programmes, exhibitions and new experiences such as the Imagination Way and the Workplace Innovation Summit.

Within this framework, Azkoyen presented the dual version of its successful coffee brewer that makes it possible to prepare both espresso and fresh-brew coffee, which is very popular among American consumers. The patented AZKV30 brewer, with a variable chamber, allows the preparation of both recipes using the same technology, obtaining exquisite brewing results in the cup.

The Group also showed off its new Vitro X5 model with two coffee grinders equipped with the new dual coffee extraction technology, allowing operators to achieve with a single machine what they previously needed to do with two, improving their operating costs and environmental impact by reducing their carbon footprint by half.

According to Juanje Alberdi, CEO of the Coffee & Vending Systems and Payment Technologies divisions: “Presenting our products at CTW 2022 is crucial for the introduction of our brand in the USA as we continue to expand our philosophy and business model beyond our borders. More and more markets are being added to our internationalisation strategy and the American market is a key one for the company’s expansion. At the Azkoyen Group we work tirelessly to continue to show the world our technology, our knowledge about consumers and our motivation to improve the business of operators while increasing the quality and innovation of our products.”

• During the Beyond the Box event the company brought together important personalities from the world of coffee, the company presented its new product Easymilk, to the main operators, roasters, distributors and industry experts in Europe.
• The company was also present at EVEX-VendCon in Bonn, a meeting organised by the European Vending and Coffee Service Association (EVA) and the German Association for Automatic Distribution (BDV).

Azkoyen Group has made the leap to Europe to present its latest innovations, including its patented and innovative MIA technology. To do so, it has brought together the main players in the coffee sector in a meeting under the heading of “Beyond the Box” which took place in Leeds, United Kingdom, on 9 November 2022.

Against this backdrop, and as it had previously done at the Basque Culinary Centre in Spain, the company unveiled its new MIA technology to the European sector, a patent developed in partnership with prestigious Swiss engineering firms, which enables the production of exquisite drinks based on Fresh Milk or powdered milk Easymilk, with a consistent and velvety foam.

This technology uses meticulous temperature control, which allows the taste, colour and texture of the milk to remain similar to those of fresh milk without alterations, and a careful process of micro-injected air that allows both Fresh Milk and Easymilk to be emulsified evenly, cup after cup, without the need for a steam boiler, adapting it to the different tastes of the consumer.

MIA technology also brings major benefits to operators and roasters with a direct impact on their bottom line, as it helps reduce logistical processes, requires less intensive cleaning and offers a more varied range of top-quality beverages.

For the end consumer, this new technology provides tasty beverages from milk powder with silky foam and all the flavour of fresh milk.

The Azkoyen Group is the leader in the British market under the Coffetek brand and has a strong presence with one of the Azkoyen Group’s eight branches around the world and one of the group’s three coffee machine factories.

Juanje Alberdi, CEO of the Coffee & Vending Systems and Payment Technologies divisions “We are very pleased to present our new patented MIA technology at this European showcase. Our continuous efforts to innovate are reflected in technologies such as this and in products as revolutionary as the ones we present here today. Our ambition to turn the simplicity of coffee into a unique experience means that every day we strive to provide our customers and end consumers with the best products and cutting-edge technologies on the market”

EVEX, the European vending showcase

As part of the presentation of its innovative MIA technology, the company wanted to be present at the “EVEX-VendCon” vending trade fair for the main players in the sector on 7-8 November in Bonn, in a joint event organised by the European Vending & Coffee Service Association (EVA) and the German Vending Association (BDV).

During the event, the company took the opportunity to present the new technology MIA Easymilk in addition to its new Neo Q, a dual machine that offers the quality of constantly filtered fresh water and freshly ground coffee. An innovative proposal that promotes sustainability through the reduction of plastics.