Article: Regal Ware deal brings coffee-maker production, jobs Alliance with Melitta shifts work from Mexico to Kewaskum plant, brings premium product line

Regal Ware Inc. will move jobs and coffee-maker production machinery from Juarez, Mexico, to Kewaskum under a strategic alliance with Melitta North America Inc., it was announced Monday.

The deal allows Regal Ware to manufacture, sell, market and distribute electric coffee makers and other small kitchen appliances in North America using the Melitta name.

For the last four years, Melitta has been manufacturing electric coffee makers in Juarez for sale in North America. About 85 people have been employed doing so, Melitta spokeswoman Barbara Hausner said. In February, that machinery, consisting of about 20 molds, will be moved to Kewaskum and installed in the Regal Ware factory, said Steven ...

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