Our history

In 1921, canning millionaire Wilhelm Leibbrand realized that the days of the glorious canning factory were coming to an end. The entrepreneur made a decision and developed the first vertically operating hand-held universal machine made of aluminum sand casting. As a trained chef, Leibbrand was a man of practice and knew exactly what he was doing. With Swabian diligence and inspired by the desire to build on his old successes, he founded the Jupiter company in 1921. The first kitchen appliances were sold at trade fairs and housewife exhibitions - a thorny path accompanied by inflation and the economic crisis. Nevertheless, Wilhelm Leibbrand was able to record steady growth.

Wilhelm Leibbrand was only 56 years old. He had already put the Jupiter company into the hands of the next generation. In 1930, Otto Kurz joined the company to begin his commercial apprenticeship. The representatives of the Jupiter company undertook extensive sales trips - from Alsace-Lorraine to Breslau or from Hamburg to Garmisch - and helped Jupiter kitchen appliances to make a name for themselves.

The Second World War also brought the development of the Jupiter company to a standstill. Armament orders had to be accepted. In 1949, Clara Kurz and her husband, who had returned from being a prisoner of war, were able to continue expanding the company. The huge backlog of demand from people and a lucky hand enabled Jupiter kitchen appliances to rise again.

The range of products on offer grew, but it is thanks to Swabian persistence that even today – 100 years after the company was founded – the devices that have been part of Jupiter Küchenmaschinen GmbH's portfolio for many years are the ones that make the company successful: meat grinders and choppers, food slicers and juicers.