La Cimbali say good-bye to
Jim Anderson who retires after 25 years service
Long-term
La Cimbali employee Jim Anderson has recently retired after 25 years working at
La Cimbali.
Jim
started working at Breakmain Limited back in 1988, during a time when the
company’s main product range was refrigeration.
Following
demand from their customers, the La Cimbali brand was added to the Breakmain
product portfolio and Jim was instrumental in the introduction of the La Cimbali
machine range into the UK. After only a
few days training in the La Cimbali factory, Jim developed the service, support
and training infrastructure for the range.
The
super automatic ‘Dolce Vita’ range was the most advanced coffee machine of its
time and with Jim’s help it became the benchmark for all super automatic coffee
machines in the UK. Consequently,
Breakmain soon became La Cimbali’s most important distributor outside Italy,
and in 2004 La Cimbali purchased Breakmain Ltd then 3 years after in 2007,
opened a third office in Coventry.
Jim
continued to give a significant contribution within the new organisation by running
the Scottish office, providing training and technical support for all the UK
engineers as well as being responsible for all Health and Safety matters of the
business.
To
celebrate Jim’s contribution to the success of La Cimbali in the UK, Mr
Maurizio Cimbali (the grandson of the founder) invited Jim and his wife, Lynda,
to visit the Head Quarters and enjoy a couple of days in Milan. The
celebrations included a guided tour of the MUMAC coffee machine museum, which
was opened in 2012 to mark 100 years since the beginning of Gruppo Cimbali. Plus, they visited the factory to meet
colleagues and Jim was presented with a medal by Maurizio Cimbali with many people
present who have worked with Jim during his 25 years.
Everyone
at La Cimbali would like to wish Jim a long, happy and healthy retirement.
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