Xpress Coffee are pleased to announce the formation of a new co-operative body of coffee machine service engineers. The Association of Independent Espresso Engineers has been formed as ‘a national network of highly motivated and passionate local espresso engineers’.

There are to be up to 25 operators in the new body, forming a national network of engineers which will shortly be found through a single portal website, www.aiee.org.uk.

The companies which we know to be involved so far are: Xpress Coffee Commercial, Caffeine Fix, Northern Central Espresso, Espresso Repair, Uno Coffee Service, Coffix, Dave Harvey, Kent Coffee, Universal Espresso Care, Roy Ireland, Espresso Technical Services.

Xpress Coffee Commercial’s MD comments “After our own engineer had a heart attack in 2009 it made us realize that independent all have similar problems with holidays, illness, etc that could finish their company overnight. It made sense to have an organization that can work as a synergy helping each other and to share knowledge and experience as well as stock and part holdings