About Us

Cooper Office Equipment Inc. is an authorized Konica Minolta dealer based in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula selling and servicing both copiers and printers. Cooper Office Equipment Inc. is headquartered in Gladstone, Michigan with branch offices located in Marquette, Iron Mountain, and Marinette, Wisconsin. Our service area includes the Central Upper Peninsula as well as Northern Wisconsin.

Cooper Office Equipment Inc. main headquarters in Gladstone, Michigan.

History

Cooper Office Equipment Inc. was first founded in 1936 by Lee Cooper located in downtown Escanaba. The business first started out with specialties in typewriters and adding machines.

First Cooper sign in downtown Escanaba in the 1940’s.

Lee and Agnes Cooper at the storefront in 1948.

Leroy Cooper purchased the business from Lee in 1965.

Leroy Cooper and John Hovey in 1965. John Hovey was a valued partner in the business and worked from 1956 into the early 2010’s.

Rob and John Cooper purchased the business from Leroy Cooper in 1990.

Cooper Office Equipment Inc. begins to transition to selling and servicing copiers.

Carol Cooper with the team in 1991.

Rob and John Cooper continue to own Cooper Office Equipment.

Mission Statement

We have an expectation at Cooper Office that reflects our mission as a company. We want our customers to say:

“Cooper Office Equipment is our business partner and not just an equipment vendor. They identified unnecessary repetitive costly equipment and through technology were able to help us consolidate and reduce our printing, copying, and fax budget while giving us new capabilities such as low cost full color printing, copying, and high speed network scanning.”

Throughout the Upper Peninsula and Northeastern Wisconsin, many school districts, churches, accountants, law firms, and many other entities can and will attest to our Mission Statement.