Nestle Nespresso, a publicly owned company headquartered in Switzerland and an operating unit of Nestle, was founded in 1986 and has approximately 12,800 employees. The company specializes in machines that brew espresso and coffee from coffee capsules (or pods), which are pre-apportioned single-use containers, or reusable capsules (pods) of ground coffee beans, sometimes with added flavorings, designed for both home and professional use.
