OCB: 200 Years of Expertise and Still Innovating
There’s a simplicity to rolling papers, but that doesn’t mean they’re devoid of innovation, as OCB proves. The family-owned brand has been innovating for a very long time. OCB’s roots trace back more than 200 years to when brothers René and Guillaume Bolloré built a paper mill next to the Odet River in France in 1822. The river provided an ideal source of clean water, an essential ingredient for making quality paper. The business flourished and shifted operations to a more modern facility in Cascadec in 1893. There, the OCB brand was born in 1918, and it’s still innovating. The Cascadec mill in 1917. “Our name pays homage to the O det River, the C ascadec mill, and the B olloré family origins in the Brittany region of France,” said Becky Roll, chief revenue officer at Republic Brands, which distributes OCB in the United States. “Today, our family-owned paper mill, which celebrated its 100th birthday in 2022, sits on Lac Léman, also known as Lake Geneva, in the foothills of the Fr...