{"id":82,"date":"2025-02-25T15:01:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T20:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:11:11","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-9149fc4\" data-block-id=\"9149fc4\"><style>.stk-9149fc4 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}.stk-9149fc4 .stk-block-text__text{font-size:22px !important;}@media screen and (max-width:999px){.stk-9149fc4 .stk-block-text__text{font-size:22px !important;}}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Cooper Office Equipment Inc. is an authorized Konica Minolta dealer based in Michigan&#8217;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.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_5189-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_5189-edited.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_5189-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_5189-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_5189-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_5189-edited-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cooper Office Equipment Inc. main headquarters in Gladstone, Michigan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-34a3ee87 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>History<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tato-lopez-UI_f37PNPxw-unsplash-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tato-lopez-UI_f37PNPxw-unsplash-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tato-lopez-UI_f37PNPxw-unsplash-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tato-lopez-UI_f37PNPxw-unsplash-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tato-lopez-UI_f37PNPxw-unsplash-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tato-lopez-UI_f37PNPxw-unsplash-2048x1356.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-34a3ee87 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"378\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lee_4_lg-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:800px;height:375px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>First Cooper sign in downtown Escanaba in the 1940&#8217;s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lee_1_lg.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:800px;height:375px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee and Agnes Cooper at the storefront in 1948.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"450\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-64.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:800px;height:375px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-64.png 710w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-64-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Leroy Cooper purchased the business from Lee in 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"390\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/papa.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:800px;height:375px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Leroy Cooper and John Hovey in 1965. John Hovey was a valued partner in the business and worked from 1956 into the early 2010&#8217;s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"832\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-65.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:800px;height:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-65.png 937w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-65-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-65-768x682.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rob and John Cooper purchased the business from Leroy Cooper in 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"389\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cropped.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cropped.png 330w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cropped-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cooper Office Equipment Inc. begins to transition to selling and servicing copiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"831\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Group-pic-1-1024x831.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:800px;height:375px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Group-pic-1-1024x831.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Group-pic-1-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Group-pic-1-768x623.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Group-pic-1-1536x1246.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Group-pic-1-2048x1662.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carol Cooper with the team in 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"703\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-62.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:800px;height:425px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-62.png 937w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-62-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cooperoffice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-62-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rob and John Cooper continue to own Cooper Office Equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>We have an expectation at Cooper Office that reflects our mission as a company. We want our customers to say:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooper Office Equipment Inc. is an authorized Konica Minolta dealer based in Michigan&#8217;s Upper Peninsula selling and servicing both copiers and printers. 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