Our history
1852 Year of Maestrani's foundation
Aquilino Maestrani (1814-1880) founds his chocolate factory in Lucerne.
![Aquilino Maestrani](/sites/default/files/styles/3x2/public/2023-09/Aquilino%20Maestrani%20976x650_0.jpg?h=1ca41b8c&itok=LIMO-Xqt)
1875 Move to St. Gallen
![altes Gebäude von Maestrani](/sites/default/files/styles/3x2/public/2023-09/Geba%CC%88ude_alt.jpg?h=4ba71c3c&itok=X6hPehQt)
1936 Minor appears on the Swiss market
Minor chocolate bar with extra hazelnuts is launched.
![Produkt von Minor](/sites/default/files/styles/3x2/public/2023-09/MINOR%20Classic%2022g%20rot%20offen.jpg?h=cb202af6&itok=ulb7ZOvP)
1997 Takeover of Munz
Maestrani buys the Munz chocolate factory in Flawil and relocates the company headquarters from St. Gallen to Flawil.
![Alte Produktionsfabrik von Munz](/sites/default/files/styles/3x2/public/2023-09/Munz_uebernahme.jpg?h=f2fddd11&itok=ANsOx-VH)
2022 Anniversary
Maestrani celebrates its 170th anniversary.
![Maestrani Jubiläums Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/3x2/public/2023-09/MAESTRANI_JUBILAEUMSLOGO_566x377.png?h=365ce9fa&itok=WE19K5bf)
Today
The happiness factory of Munz and Minor:
Maestrani is a modern chocolate manufacturer producing over 300 different products and welcoming more than 200,000 visitors a year to the Chocolarium, our World of Discovery.
![Firmengebäude Maestrani](/sites/default/files/styles/3x2/public/2023-09/Geba%CC%88ude1.jpg?h=db58f78f&itok=wmssdicB)