OCP’s Horst Edelmeier
12 August will mark the German ink manufacturer’s 20th anniversary.
Founded on 12 August 1994 by Horst Edelmeier and Dr Siegfried Koch, OCP has now been successfully operating as a high-quality ink manufacturer for two decades. Edelmeier, who was CEO of the company until December 2013 and who is now the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, explained that “due to luck, which you need in life, we were able to start the development of our inks the next day after founding the company, and that is why we were able to start the sale of our inks just two months later, in October 1994”.
The company began with water-based inks – first developing dye inks before moving on to pigment inks as well. “We were lucky to have found the right partners,” said Edelmeier. “Partners in terms of the right vendors as well as worldwide distribution partners. Over the whole 20 years we only had to cancel one contract – all other partners remain with us for years and years. The oldest one – Graphicone, France- has been with us for nearly 18 years.”
He added that this longevity in OCP’s business relationships due to its high-quality inks “was and is still the basis for our business success”, and noted that “all our partners around the globe know that we are never their competitor. We have only ever been an ink maker, and will remain being only an ink maker in the future”.
Looking ahead, while Edelmeier noted that the company “cannot survive manufacturing desktop inks for the refilling of inkjet cartridges alone” and needs “new applications and to develop inks for other markets too”; he emphasised that OCP “will not leave the refilling industry”, adding that the company’s objective is to “be as long as possible a reliable, trustful partner of the refilling industry.
“We thank today, after 20 years of success, everybody who has helped us to achieve our existing, excellent market position”.
You can read more about OCP’s anniversary in our upcoming magazine – issue 261.
If you would like to congratulate Horst and Siegfried for their 20-year milestone, you can email Edelmeier@ocp.de for Horst and Sk@ocp.de for Siegfried.