Next Level Coffee partners with Marquardt: A milestone for industrial-scale nunc. production
The Constance-based CoffeeTech startup lays the foundation for further growth with an experienced manufacturing partner from the automotive industry.
Next Level Coffee, the company behind the smart home espresso system nunc., announces its production partnership with Marquardt. The mechatronics expert supports Next Level Coffee in expanding its production capacities and industrial scaling structures. As a German family-owned business, Marquardt stands not only for longstanding automotive manufacturing expertise at the highest level, but also for forward-thinking innovation at the intersection of hardware and software. A key common ground that brings both companies together.
What makes this partnership particularly special is its proximity: Marquardt is based in Rietheim-Weilheim, just around the corner from Next Level Coffee’s headquarters in Constance. Short distances, close collaboration, Made in Germany. For a company building premium hardware products, this is no coincidence, but a deliberate strategic decision.
With Marquardt as manufacturing partner, Next Level Coffee will further enhance its production and quality standards, strengthen operational processes, and expand the capacities needed to meet the growing demand for nunc.
“As we enter our next phase of growth, it was essential for us to find a partner who shares our standards for scalability, quality, and operational excellence,” says Marius Kütemeyer, Co-Founder and CTO of Next Level Coffee. “With Marquardt, we found exactly that. Quite literally right on our doorstep.”
Tim Mauser, Vice President Business Unit Home and Industrial Solutions at Marquardt, adds: “We see our collaboration with Next Level Coffee as an exciting next step. We are very much looking forward to contributing our expertise in the development and production of sophisticated systems and to jointly driving the success of the smart home espresso system nunc.”
The partnership marks another important milestone in Next Level Coffee’s evolution into an internationally scalable CoffeeTech company.
About Next Level Coffee
Next Level Coffee was founded by Dr. Marius Kütemeyer, Dominik Maier, and Markus Unger in Constance, Germany. With studios in Constance, Munich, and Berlin, the company pursues the mission of making barista-quality coffee simple and accessible for everyone. With nunc., the founders created a holistic coffee concept that combines smart technology, thoughtful design, and an exceptional taste experience.
About Marquardt
Founded in 1925, the family-owned company Marquardt, headquartered in Rietheim-Weilheim, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of mechatronic switching and operating systems. The mechatronics specialist’s products — including operating components, vehicle access systems, driver authorization systems, and battery management systems for electric vehicles — are used by many renowned customers in the automotive industry. Marquardt systems are also found in household appliances, industrial applications, and power tools. The company employs more than 9,000 people worldwide across 21 locations on four continents. In the 2025 financial year, Marquardt generated revenues of more than €1.4 billion. Each year, the company invests around ten percent of its revenue in research and development.
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