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Unique Océ technologies |
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Océ awards and certifications |
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In 1877 the Dutch pharmacist Lodewijk van der Grinten (1831 - 1895) began manufacturing a coloring for margarine based on a recipe that he had developed. This marked the beginning of Océ as a commercial enterprise.
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Page from one of Lodewijk van der Grinten's notebooks including the text:
“I was busily occupied with an order for 600 kg of coloring for margarine,”
7 October 1877.
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Portrait of Louis van der
Grinten by Sierk Schröder.
The portrait hangs in Océ
headquarters in Venlo.
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Louis van der Grinten was an inventor pur sang. For his own use he invented a decanting appliance that allowed wine to be poured slowly and without turbulence
("... inside the device is an oil reservoir, the oil flows slowly and by doing so
gradually shifts the center of gravity..."). The invention is now housed in the Arnhem wine museum, undated.
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Océ stand at a trade fair in Milan in 1933. A wine bottle can be seen on
the left serving as a reservoir for
the developer fluid.
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Océ Type-P machine on which “thousands of copies a day” could
be developed, 1939.
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| Louis, Karel and Piet van der Grinten, the three grandsons of founder Lodewijk van der Grinten, who built the “family” business in the 20th century, 1964. |
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Coating machine at Océ in Venlo,
1960. |
The Océ 155 Combine with sorter drum,
1960. |
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The 1960s saw big changes in Europe and the rest of the world. Confident, modern young
women became just as much an everyday sight as efficient, modern office equipment.
A few of them are shown here in brochures and folders published in the 1960s and 1970s. |
