The Cooper Companies
| The Cooper Companies, Inc.
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US2166484020 |
| founding | 1958 |
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Pleasanton , United States
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| management | Robert S. Weiss, CEO |
| Number of employees | 10,600 |
| sales | 1,967,000,000 USD |
| Branch | contact lenses |
| Website | www.coopervision.de |
| As of October 31, 2016 | |
The The Cooper Companies Inc. , headquartered in Pleasanton , California is a company in the healthcare industry.
The Cooper Companies is one of the world's largest manufacturers of contact lenses , particularly in the toric specialty lens segment . The Cooper Companies contact lenses are manufactured in seven company-owned factories, including Rochester, Adelaide and Madrid . The company has major sales offices in the UK and USA .
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CooperVision
CooperVision is a subsidiary of the Cooper Companies. Half of its 20 branches are located in Europe . CooperVision employs around 8,600 people worldwide, 2,500 of them in European countries alone, and has seven company-owned production facilities at international locations. The main business purpose of CooperVision is the production of contact lenses. In 2011 CooperVision announced a new brand positioning and visual appearance developed by Siegel + Gale, a global branding company. This rebranding won the “Best of Awards” from REBRAND in 2012 as one of five companies . In 2013, CooperVision researchers collaborated with Linköpings University ( Sweden ), University of Ottawa ( Canada ), FibroGen Inc (USA) and Synsam Opticians (Sweden) on a study on artificial corneas. This study was published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, and the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) reported on it in an article.
CooperSurgical
Cooper Surgical manufactures a variety of medical devices with an emphasis on medical products for women.
Company history
Cooper Companies Inc. was originally founded as Martin H. Smith Co. in 1958, and in 1967 the company name was changed to Cooper Laboratories Inc. In 1978 there was a reorganization into Cooper Laboratories, Cooper Medical Devices, Cooper Dental, Cooper International and CooperVision. CooperVision was registered as a public company (Inc) in 1980 and went public in 1983. CooperVision Inc. changed its name again to The Cooper Companies Inc. in 1987 and was divided into 3 divisions: Cooper Technicon, CooperSurgical and CooperVision.
The shareholders of the two companies The Cooper Companies and Ocular Sciences (OSI) approved the takeover of OSI on November 16, 2004. The supervisory authorities had given their approval and set the closing date. On that date, ownership of Ocular Sciences passed to the CooperVision division. With the takeover of Ocular Sciences, the American contact lens manufacturer CooperVision has also been represented on the German market since the beginning of 2005.
Important products
CooperVision designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of contact lenses worldwide, including a family of biocompatible contact lenses. The Omafilcon A contact lens material used for this purpose contains a synthetic copy of the substance phosphorylcholine, or PC for short, as a polymer component. Phosphorylcholine occurs as a component of the molecule in all human, animal and plant cells and is used in biomedicine , e.g. B. in bypasses, has been used for some time because it is recognized as an endogenous substance.
social commitment
CooperVision is involved in various projects and scholarship programs.
The company awards a study research grant, which is designed to encourage optometry students to get involved in contact lens-based research projects.
In 2012, The Cooper Companies, Inc. and CooperVision donated $ 100,000 to the Optometry Giving Sight World Sight Day Challenge.
CooperVision is a founding patron and sponsor of Optometry Giving Sight, a global fundraising program that aims to improve access to eye exams and glasses worldwide.
The company also initiated the One Bright Vision campaign in partnership with Optometry Giving Sight.
Awards
CooperVision won the SILMO d'Or award for their MyDay contact lenses at the Mondial de l'Optique in Paris , which was awarded at the 20th Silmo d'Or ceremony in 2013.
Offices in Europe
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France : Sophia Antipolis Cedex
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Germany : Eppertshausen
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Italy : Lainate
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Netherlands : Gorinchem
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Sweden : Stockholm
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Sweden : Mölndal
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United Kingdom : Hamble
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Cooper Companies 2016 Form 10-K Report , accessed January 20, 2017
- ↑ Cooper Vision: Moving to New Headquarters , June 4, 2007 article.
- ↑ New management at CooperVision GmbH , article from March 8, 2006.
- ↑ remains in sight CooperVision remains in sight ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Article dated August 15, 2012.
- ↑ CooperVision Launches New Brand Positioning, April 4, 2011 article.
- ^ Biosynthetic material: Doctors develop artificial cornea , article from August 26, 2010.
- ↑ CooperVision - Big Player from the USA , article from May 8, 2013.
- ↑ Cooper Companies: Ocular Sciences Acquisition Announced , August 2, 2004 article.
- ^ Name change: Ocular Sciences becomes CooperVision , article dated November 30, 2005.
- ↑ OPTI'11 in Munich (Avaira is the latest addition to the CooperVision silicone hydrogel family) , article dated February 1, 2011.
- ↑ CooperVision introduces the new Proclear® 1 day multifocal lens ( memento of the original from February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article dated September 3, 2013.
- ↑ CooperVision: Promoting Young Talent , June 27, 2013 article.
- ↑ Prevention of worldwide vision ( memento of the original dated February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Article dated October 11, 2012.
- ↑ supports the organization Optometry Giving Sight as a global platinum sponsor CooperVision supports the organization Optometry Giving Sight as a global platinum sponsor ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Article dated October 11, 2012.
- ↑ CooperVision receives the Silmo d'Or for the best product for MyDay , article from October 14, 2013.
