Océ

Océ N.V.
Type Naamloze vennootschap
Traded as EuronextOCE
Industry Manufacturing, technology
Founded 1927 (as Océ)
Founder(s) Lodewijk van der Grinten
Headquarters Venlo, Netherlands
Key people Rokus van Iperen (CEO), Peter Elverding (Chairman of the supervisory board)
Products Printers, scanners, plotters, copiers, printing software, consulting services
Revenue 2.860 billion (2010)[1]
Operating income (€72.3 million) (2010)[1]
Profit (€167.0 million) (2010)[1]
Total assets €2.142 billion (end 2010)[1]
Total equity €488.1 million (end 2010)[1]
Employees 20,710 (FTE, end 2010)[1]
Parent Canon
Website www.oce.com

Océ N.V. is a Netherlands-based company that develops, manufactures and sells printing and copying hardware and related software. The offering includes office printing and copying systems; production printers and wide format printing systems for both technical documentation and color display graphics. The company was founded in 1877. With headquarters in Venlo, The Netherlands, Océ is active in over 100 countries and employs more than 20,000 people worldwide.

The company has research and development and production facilities in the Netherlands, Canada, Belgium, Germany, France, Japan, the Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary and the United States.[2]

In 2010 Océ was acquired by Canon of Japan.

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History

Founding

Océ arrived at its current business indirectly. It started in 1877 as a family business in manufacturing machines for coloring butter and margarine. The company’s founder, a chemist named Lodewijk van der Grinten, supplied this coloring to farmers and then this was supplied to the margarine factories of Jurgens and Van den Bergh. In 1930, the margarine factories of Jurgens and Van den Bergh and the English Lever Brothers merged to become Unilever. From 1877 to 1972, Unilever used only the coloring produced by the Venlo factory in its margarine.[3]

It was in 1919, when the grandson of Lodewijk, Louis van der Grinten, became interested in the blueprint process used for producing wide-format technical drawings, used in construction, manufacturing, etc. At that time, blueprint paper was extremely light-sensitive, and therefore had a very short shelf life before being used. Louis invented a coating that made blueprint paper last longer, for up to a year. This is considered the company’s first step into providing document solutions.

Company Milestones

Products & Organization

Océ has three Strategic Business Units: Digital Document Systems (small format), Wide Format Printing Systems (wide format) and Océ Business Services.

Small Format (up to A3 size)

Wide Format (larger than A3 size)

Business Services

These operational services can be divided into three different activities. At first there are the basic document services such as mail and print room management, scanning, archiving and desk top publishing services. Furthermore there are value added services such as printer fleet management, digital mailroom, printing-on-demand, creative services and document management in litigations. At last document process outsourcing such as insurance policy process management can be offered.

Acquisitions and collaborations/partnerships

Over the last few decades, Océ has made numerous acquisitions.

Industry recognitions

2006

2007

References

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  2. ^ a b Lexdon Business Library. 'Océ Business Services to Acquire CaseData Inc., E-Discovery and Litigation Support Pioneer', 6 October 2006. Retrieved on 18 March 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Guide to Océ Museum, 2004.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Océ history timeline, Retrieved on 30 June 2011.
  5. ^ Océ Sustainability Prémia Class, Retrieved on 30 June 2011.
  6. ^ Image Logic©, Retrieved on 30 June 2011.
  7. ^ a b c Helmut Hetzel, Börsen-Zeitung newspaper in Germany. ‘Wir bauen den Mercedes unter den Printern’ (‘We build the Mercedes of the printer world’), 19 July 2006.
  8. ^ a b The Investors Advisor (‘De Beleggers Adviseur’ in Dutch). 'Océ announces actions to capitalize on the opportunities provided by the Imagistics', 1 December 2005. Retrieved on 18 March 2007.
  9. ^ Acquisition Imagistics, Retrieved on 30 June 2011.
  10. ^ Océ Gemini Instant Duplex Technology, Retrieved on 30 June 2011.
  11. ^ Output Links. 'Océ 130 Year Jubilee', 30 October 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
  12. ^ Link text, Océ CrystalPoint technology.
  13. ^ CANON AND OCÉ TO CREATE GLOBAL LEADER IN PRINTING INDUSTRY, Retrieved on 30 June 2011.
  14. ^ Reuters. ‘Fujifilm to enter commercial ink jet printer market’, 6 April 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
  15. ^ Printingtalk.com ‘Océ and Fujifilm deal promotes UV flatbed printer’, 5 April 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
  16. ^ Recharger Magazine. ‘Océ to resell Prism Software products’, 7 August 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
  17. ^ BERTL. 'Océ and Videk join forces to provide inline total document quality and security monitoring', 1 November 2007. Retrieved on 1 December 2007.
  18. ^ Konica Minolta News Release 'Konica Minolta Enters into Basic Partnership Agreement with Oce', 14 January 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2008.
  19. ^ Printondemand.com, The Digital Printers' Resource. 'Océ wins 2006 ON DEMAND Best of Show Award', 21 May 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2007.
  20. ^ Output Links. ‘Océ Business Services named ‘Employer of the Year’ by Vocational Foundation, Inc., 12 September 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
  21. ^ ‘Océ TDS450 gets 4-star award from BERTL’, 27 March 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
  22. ^ a b Output Links. ‘CaseData Division of OBS named a top provider of electronic discovery services by the Socha-Gelbmann 2007 electronic discovery survey’, 24 July 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
  23. ^ Printweek.com ‘Océ bags InterTech gong for VarioPrint 6250’, 1 August 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
  24. ^ Digital50.com. ‘Océ Business Services ranked No. 1 Document Process Outsourcing Vendor by the 2007 Black Book of Outsourcing’, 1 August 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
  25. ^ Dirigentes magazine (in English, 'Managers'). September 2007.
  26. ^ BERTL. ‘Highly versatile Océ TDS700 large format multifunction system awarded highest honors from independent analyst source BERTL’, 8 November 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
  27. ^ Wide-Format Imaging. ‘Océ Arizona 250 GT wins DPI Product of the Year Award’, 29 October 2007. Retrieved on 1 December 2007.
  28. ^ Wide-Format Imaging. ‘Océ Arizona 250 GT wins viscom Innovation Award 2007’, 8 October 2007. Retrieved on 1 December 2007.

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