Island-based STRIX entered into partnership with a leading Italian company to produce an electric version of the famous moka, the eight-sided coffee pot found on stove tops throughout Italy.

STRIX is the world's biggest maker of kettle controls and Bialetti Industrie has produced more than 300 million moka pots since the 1950s. Eddie Davies, chairman of STRIX hoped that in 2005 his company would 2-3 million elements and heating systems for the pot. That could add 10 per cent to the £70 million sales posted in 2001.

STRIX has operations throughout the world, including Australia, North America and Europe. Around 60 per cent of STRIX's products are manufactured in China.