The Birth of a Great Name. 1952. Jesus Ascaso, founding partner of the company, first came into contact with the world of espresso coffee, which was then in its infancy. The extraction of its intense and unique flavor, achieved through new, finer grinding techniques, spread across all of Europe. It was a period of expansion in which Jesus would make a great contribution by providing fundamental innovations in collaboration with some of the most important companies in the sector. Over the span of four decades, experience was gained and new processes were perfected, eventually leading to the birth of a great time in Barcelona, the international capital of design. It was then, 1995, the year in which Compak came into being.