page_title: Franke (company)
section_title: United Kingdom
hierarchical_section_title: Franke (company) / Franke History / Franke Companies / United Kingdom
caption_attribution_description: English: Franke (Sissons) Head office at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK.
context_page_description: Franke Holding AG, based in Aarburg, Switzerland, is an industrial manufacturer with companies located around the world.
  Franke has about 10,500 employees working in 68 companies in Europe, South and North America, Africa, Australia and Asia.
  In 2012, the Franke Group had a total turnover of CHF 2,012.4 million.
context_section_description: Franke took over the Sissons company based in Chesterfield, who are a manufacturer of stainless steel catering sinks and washroom systems. Sissons were one of the first companies to manufacture stainless steel sinks in the 1930s, and were founded in Sheffield, England. The company is known as Franke Sissons Ltd. In 1990 it bought the Falkirk-based Carron Phoenix.
  Franke Coffee Systems UK are based in St Albans, Hertfordshire and sell and service bean-to-cup, pod and traditional style coffee machines.
caption: Franke Sissons Ltd Head office at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK
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