Tony Billingham has been promoted to the role of Boncafe Group CEO.
Speaking to Caterer Middle East at Gulfood 2016, Billingham said: "I was promoted to the position of group CEO, so I cover the Singapore office, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia.
"I also cover Middle East, and the development of the Middle East, which will go to Near East Africa, up until Turkey."
Boncafe Group, Billingham said, has evolved and introduced new products. This includes the Thermoplan Black & White 4, which is in prototype stage, and production will start end of May. He commented: "That just opens up a new price bracket of machines."
Other products the group is offering includes the "revolutionary PUQPress which is an automatic coffee tamper". Billingham also cited the San Marco Smart Grinder, which is an intelligent grinder with an infrared strobe and can detect whether it’s a single or double and dispenses accordingly.
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"The other big one: we’ve launched four Nespresso compatible capsules which is a long black coffee, an espresso, a ristretto and a decaf," said Billingham.
He said: "Everybody’s jumped on the bandwagon of having a Nespresso capsule, we too have had to. It took a lot of development, and getting the coffees right took a lot of time."
Other news includes sponsoring the Trek Segafredo cycling team, and launching four frappe mixes called BonFrappe.
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