type public traded as nyse coo industry medical devices predecessor martin h. smith co. cooper tinsley laboratories inc. founded 1958 1958 headquarters pleasanton california area served worldwide key people robert s. weiss ceo & director products contact lenses medical products and equipment for treating women revenue us 1331 million 2011 1 operating income us 228 million 2011 1 net income us 175 million 2011 1 total assets us 2625 million 2011 1 total equity us 1937 million 2011 1 number of employees 7400 2011 1 divisions coopervision cvi coopersurgical csi website www.coopercos.com the cooper companies inc. is a us based multinational company in the medical specialities sector . with its headquarters in pleasanton california it has over 8 000 employees 2 and consists of two subsidiaries coopervision cvi that provides contact lenses for both wearers and practitioners and coopersurgical csi that provides products for health care professionals and establishments that are involved in women s health care . contact lens sales in particular soft toric lenses which correct astigmatism make up for 80 % of cooper company sales . 3 cooper companies which is publicly traded on the nyse euronext nyse coo recently announced a revenue increase of 9 % to 412.0 million for the fiscal third quarter ended july 31 2013 . 4 cooper companies has manufacturing facilities in the uk puerto rico and new york and distributes from rochester ny fareham uk and liege belgium among many other smaller distribution locations . contents 1 history 2 shareholders 3 recalls 4 litigation 5 products and services 6 cooperative giving 7 references 8 external links history edit originally founded in 1958 by predecessor martin h. smith co and then incorporated as cooper tinsley laboratories inc. in 1961 the company changed its name to cooper laboratories inc. in 1967 . 5 in 1979 cooper laboratories introduced their first soft contact lens in the united states . during a re structuring in the 1980s cooper laboratories was re organised into three groups coopervision coopercare and cooperbiomedical with a further group cooper medical devices corp added a year later . in 1987 the company adopted the name of cooper companies with coopervision existing as a subsidiary . 6 by the 1990s through various acquisitions and expansions the company had expanded into other areas of healthcare including among others medical devices and ophthalmic pharmaceuticals . the president and chief executive officer & director is robert s. weiss . shareholders edit mutual fund holders 62.21 % other institutional 34.90 % individual stakeholders 1.13 % 7 recalls edit 2011 contact lenses from the avaira line were recalled following an investigation by the united states food and drug administration into claims that the level of silicone oil residue on the contact lenses could cause blurred vision and discomfort . 8 litigation edit in 2012 cooper companies inc settled 27.0 million on a claim brought by a group of stockholders after claims that cooper companies misled them about the problems they were facing with contact lenses produced overseas contact lenses that were subsequently recalled . 9 in 1988 cooper companies was involved in a case brought against them by medical engineering corp part of the bristol myers squibb company after they claimed that cooper companies had agreed to assume responsibility for breast implants that were manufactured while they still owned the business . 10 this was one of many lawsuits related to breast implants and the issue was resolved in 1993 when medical engineering agreed to pay all legal costs relating to breast implants both in the future and still in dispute . products and services edit coopersurgical 11 obstetrics vacuum assist delivery devices fetal dopplers antepartum fetal monitors postpartum products miscellaneous obstetrical disposables family planning wide seal silicone diaphragm kits surgical solutions fertility assessment intrauterine insemination iui general examination diagnostic disposables examination instruments miscellaneous civic care colposcopy systems colposcopy instruments leep products and accessories cryosurgery products incontinence pelvic floor urodynamic system pessaries surgical general surgery products gynecology surgery products neonatal infant nasal cannula neonatal endotracheal tube grip neonatal skin barrier neonatal thermoregulation neonatal transport products assisted reproduction r.g. edwards embryo transfer products sage oocyte retrieval needles sage media sage micromanipulation media intrauterine insemination iui fertility assessment cryopreservation media andrology media other products coopervision 12 myday silmo d or award 2013 13 . avaira clearsight clearsight 1 day clearsight 1 day toric hydrasoft hydrasoft sphere hydrasoft toric options vertex vertex sphere vertex toric biofinity expressions expressions accents expressions colors preference preference sphere preference toric preference toric xr biomedics biomedics 55 premier biomedics ep biomedics toric biomedics xc frequency frequency 38 sphere frequency 55 aspheric frequency 55 multifocal frequency 55 sphere frequency 55 toric frequency 55 toric xr proclear proclear 1 day proclear multifocal proclear multifocal toric proclear sphere proclear toric proclear toric xr disposable lens spherical lens medical devices accessories specialty lens toric lenses cosmetic lenses multifocal lenses diagnostic products surgical instruments cooperative giving edit through its subsidiary coopervision cooper companies is involved in various schemes and scholarship programmes in the uk including the park sport initiative a scheme run by eastleigh borough council that offers different sporting activities to local families for free . 14 it also hosts a student research scholarship which encourages optometry students to take part in contact lens based research projects . 15 references edit a b c d e f the cooper companies inc. 2011 12 16 form 10 k for the fiscal year ended october 31 2011 washington d.c. u.s. securities and exchange commission file 001 08597 film 111266546 retrieved 2011 12 27 the cooper companies overview the cooper companies history new york times the cooper companies history fundinguniverse cnn money the cooper companies article http investor.coopercos.com releasedetail.cfm releaseid 466526 the new york times coopersurgical our products coopervision en.silmoparis.com . september 26 2013 . retrieved october 18 2013 southern daily echo optometry today external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the cooper companies & oldid 668206525 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in pleasanton californiacompanies established in 1958 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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