1967
Bruno Grandpierre graduates in mechanical engineering from E.N.S.E.M. (École Nationale Supérieure d'Électricité et de Mécanique), a well-known engineering school in Nancy, France.
1976
Building on the experience acquired, Mr. Bruno Grandpierre creates POK in Paris in the 17th borough, France.
1981
The company expands. POK moves to a new area of 60m² in the 15th borough of Paris, France.
1988
POK continues to grow and moves to Montreuil, France, its new premises covers 300m².
1990
POK decides to move to Nogent-sur-Seine, France, in a workshop of 1,000m², a move necessary to respond promptly to its rapidly increasing clients' demands.
1992
The launch of the first Legende hand nozzle. This nozzle will later become POK's world's best-selling nozzle.
1993
Acquisition of the first Mazak CNC machine for the machining workshop.
1994
A new company, CRAN (Advanced Research Center of Nogent) is set-up in Nogent-sur-Seine. The new entity has its own product development department and the new premises will also host the assembly of hose reels.
2000
Set-up of POK China in Beijing, China. This company is dedicated to the marketing in China and Taiwan of POK products made in France.
2003
Faced with a growing demand for hose reels, OK METAL is created to better manage the manufacturing and sales of hose reels.
2005
Always willing to satisfy its customers and their needs, a new version of the lance Legende with a combined jet is created for the Marina Militare (Italian Navy).
2008
OK METAL moves to its current premises at 9 avenue Beauregard in Nogent-sur-Seine, France, a site built for its specific activity.
2009
After the Italian navy, it is for the Armada Española (Spanish Navy) that the company develops a new version of the Legende nozzle with a full lockable jet.
2011
It is the year of the recognition for POK which becomes the first manufacturer of firefighting equipment in France.
The company continues to grow internationally and prints its first catalogue in Russian in order to further expand.
DQS renew POK's ISO 9001:2008 and certifies POK ISO 14001:2004.
2014
The launch of the Montmirail monitor is an immediate success.
2015
POK won the "Super Trophée" of the best performing company of the year in the Aube region, France.
2016
The Mazak CNC fleet is expanding with its 24th machine. The installation of CNC machines makes it possible to meet the growing needs for machining capacity.
The Legende nozzle is continuously improved with a new high tension diffuser version.
2017
A new version of the Montmirail monitor is released. Many improvements are proposed such as a new manometer with better accuracy, an improved ergonomic safety system for resetting .... but also a whole range of new diffusers is available.
Signature of the "availability agreement" with the Aube SDIS, thus allowing Volunteer Firefighters, working at POK, CRAN and OK METAL, to be absent for training or emergency calls.
POK obtains the label "Employeur Partenaire des Sapeurs-Pompiers" (Employer-partner of the firefighters)
2018
On 27 November, CCI International Grand Est, the CCIs of Champagne-Ardenne and their partners awarded 7 International, Industry and "Crush" Trophies to companies from Champagne-Ardenne that highlight their know-how on a daily basis.
Among the trophies to be won, there were 3 "Industry" Trophies (Technological Development, Industrial Change and Human Resources), 3 "International" Trophies (Export, Large Export, International Voluntary Service in Companies) and 1 "Crush" Trophy.
POK was awarded in the "International - Export" category.
2019
POK launches its STACS system. This system, which is CAN BUS J1939 compatible, allows fully configurable control of monitors on firefighting trucks using intelligent brushless motor technology.
2020
A 2759 m² storage building was built in 2020 to improve the management of spare parts.
The existing buildings were extended by 234 m² to accommodate offices and rest rooms.
