Océ’s new head office in Montévrain, an eco-designed building

Océ, a world leader in professional printing possessing a high degree of ecological awareness

Océ is one of the foremost worldwide suppliers in the field of professional digital document printing. In 2010, Océ joined the Canon Group, which is now in a position to offer the widest range of products and services. The combined talents of both entities have helped to speed up the technological innovations available to customers.

Underlying those innovations, sustainable development at Océ’s is virtually a genetic feature. For many years, Océ has been fully aware of its responsibilities in terms of its products’ ecological footprint. The latest illustration of this is the new head office.

An eco-designed head office in Montévrain

Indeed, Océ has built a so-called HQE building (High Environmental Quality), also bearing a high-energy performance certification. This certification helps to substantially reduce energy and water use within the building. Accordingly, Océ has innovated by signing a green lease with the owner. This commitment is founded upon a shared determination to show genuine ecologically-friendly behaviour, both inside and outside the building, with respect to employees.

Besides, Océ hails from an extremely partitioned setting. This is why the Group was really anxious to settle in a much more open space. Surfaces known as “cockpits” or “workshops” were therefore included into the project, areas where either several people can work together, or else where one can work in isolation, for instance in order to make phone calls. This new concept makes internal communication between departments significantly more flowing. The approach has become a true benefit to customers: the more flowing the internal communication, the better the service provided to customers.

Getting established in a dynamic, enhancing region

In order to correctly prepare and launch this project, a list of specifications had to be determined, which was done on the basis of technical constraints, obviously, as well as taking into account settlement constraints. The prerequisite was to get established within a highly dynamic place businesswise, and one that would enhance Océ’s image, while also involving a secure environment. In addition, it was vital to have competitive rental opportunities, since the entire project was subject to a set budget. Similarly, Océ wanted to be in a position to offer its employees commercial and leisure facilities.

Another important prerequisite was to be within fast, even very fast access to the rest of Ile-de-France, namely to be located less than five minutes’ walk from an RER A link. This was a critical requirement, insofar as the building hosts the new technology centre used by Océ to show its customers all of the know-how and technological innovations the company is capable of. Consequently, it was essential to be close to a railway hub, as is the case for the Chessy TGV station, so as to make it easy for customers and prospective customers coming from all over France to come and meet Océ through this nationwide showcase.