OEM was founded in 1973 near Mantua. Its founder was one of the first to realise the enormous potential of the pizza market. Already producing dishwashers and glasswashers, the company then added a new series of electric ovens and spiral dough mixers. This equipment was the start of a wider range devised to cover all the stages in the pizza production process . In 1996 OEM became part of the ALI Group S.p.A., a world leader in the production and sale of professional equipment for caterers and public business concerns, thus obtaining a market synergy that would to allow extend globally its users target .