Canon Production Printing
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| legal form | BV |
| founding | 1877 |
| Seat | Venlo , the Netherlands |
| management | Minoru Asada, Chairman and CEO |
| Number of employees | 3,010 (2019) |
| sales | 1.24 billion euros (2018) |
| Branch | High performance printer, document management products |
| Website | cpp.canon |
Canon Production Printing ( Océ until the end of 2019 ) is one of the world's leading companies in the field of digital printing and document management products. The company employs around 3,000 people. The head office is in Venlo , the Netherlands .
history
The company was founded in Venlo in 1877 by the pharmacist Lodewijk van der Grinten (1831–1895). While looking for a source of sideline income, he came across butter color; with which the white substance of margarine, invented in 1869, can be colored so that it looks similar to butter . The company grew steadily up to the First World War and further members of the van der Grinten family joined the company.
After the company made losses in 1918, Frans van der Grinten decided to use the existing know-how about dyes for other purposes: in the area of blue printing materials . The first steps in this market were the production of blue printing paper, which was widely used to reproduce linear drawings in the 1920s. The brothers Karel and Louis developed a new process that came onto the market in 1930 under the name Océ, where the name stands for the abbreviation for “Without Components” (OC).
With the breakthrough of xerography in 1960, all copying techniques that had been common up to that point soon disappeared and the trend for the future was: copying on plain paper. Océ-van der Grinten, the company name that has meanwhile been registered everywhere, also switched to normal paper copying technology.
On November 16, 2009, the Japanese electronics company Canon announced that it was taking over Océ. Canon wanted to buy all the shares in circulation from Océ at a price of EUR 8.60 per share. According to the Dutch company, the merger has made Canon and Océ the world leader in the print industry.
At the beginning of 2020, the company name Océ was changed to Canon Production Printing .
Group structure
The German subsidiary Océ-Deutschland GmbH was based in Mülheim an der Ruhr and was transferred to Canon Deutschland GmbH on February 1, 2013 as part of the Canon integration .
In 1996, the high-performance printer (HLD) division of the Siemens group was taken over and incorporated into the group as Océ Printing Systems GmbH with the Poing location . The Océ OpenHouse , the largest annual digital printing trade fair in Europe, took place at this location every year up to and including 2007 . The Océ Home of Color has been taking place in Poing since March 2009 .
The joint headquarters of Océ (Schweiz) AG and Canon (Schweiz) AG is located in Wallisellen near Zurich. In 1997, Océ took over the majority of the shares in Messerli Informationstechnik (founded in 1876), which was renamed Océ (Schweiz) AG in 1998 , while Océ Printing Systems was integrated into the new company. In 2006 Océ (Switzerland) AG took over the system and service activities of mpa Direct AG .
Research and Development
Océ develops the majority of its technologies in-house and has numerous patents pending worldwide.
Products and business areas
Océ Wide Format Printing Systems
Large format printing in black and white and color, for indoor and outdoor use
Technical Documentation Systems
Production and management of technical documentation
Display graphics
Large format printers, software and media for the production of color posters, banners, floor and transport advertising
Océ Digital Document Systems
Corporate printing
Solutions for
- Financial service providers and telecommunications companies
- Industry and Commerce
- Public clients
Commercial Printing
Solutions for
- Print service provider
- Publishers
- Advertising and communication agencies
Océ Imaging Supplies
Consumables: large-format materials for output in the technical and CAD areas, large-format color media for display graphics and office consumables.
Océ Business Services
Provider of services in the areas of print and document management, as well as for the management of document processes through to business process outsourcing solutions. Océ Business Services is now called Canon Business Services (CBS) (since integration into the Canon group).
OKB Océ Knowledge Base
The Océ Knowledge Base was introduced to bring all Océ databases together into one database. It is also used to close the knowledge gaps between the marketing documents, user manuals and technical manuals.
iF product design award 2009
The Océ ColorStream 10000 printing system won the iF Product Design Award 2009, which is presented by the iF International Forum Design GmbH for excellent design .
Winner of the iF Product Design Award 2012
The Océ VarioPrint® DP Line digital printing system jointly developed by Canon and Océ wins the iF Product Design Award 2012 on March 19, 2012.
Winner of the Bavarian Innovation Award 2012
The development and production subsidiary Océ Printing Systems GmbH , a subsidiary of Océ, based in Poing near Munich , was awarded one of the three main prizes in November 2012. The subject of the innovation is the "Océ Color Stream 3000 series inkjet printing system". This printing system had a market share of 73% of all inject-based continuous printing system installations in Europe in 2013.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Executive board. In: Canon Production Printing. Retrieved January 2, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Facts and figures. In: Canon Production Printing. Retrieved January 2, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ a b oce.com: Facts and figures
- ↑ Reuters of November 16, 2009: Canon to buy Netherlands' Oce for 730 mln euros At: www.reuters.com . Retrieved November 17, 2009 at 2:00 am
- ↑ Bloomberg of November 16, 2009: Canon Agrees to Acquire Oce for 730 Million Euros (Update6) on: www.bloomberg.com . Retrieved November 17, 2009 at 2:00 am
- ↑ Reuters Germany of November 16, 2009: Canon wants to take over Dutch Oce On: de.reuters.com . Retrieved November 17, 2009 at 2:00 am
- ^ Michel van der Wal: Canon announces corporate name change of Océ to Canon Production Printing. In: Canon Production Printing. October 1, 2019, accessed January 7, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ iF product design award 2012 for Océ VarioPrint 135
- ↑ Digital print system co-developed by Canon and Océ wins prestigious design prize
- ^ Zeil: "White-blue inventions are great" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ), Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, press release, November 19, 2012.