Cooper Hill Ski Area history

Gordon, who renamed the company Gordon Contact Lenses, Inc. in 1965, was renowned for his expertise in rigid lens design, but his most celebrated work involved the development of soft contact lenses.

In 1970, Union Corporation purchased Gordon's company, creating a new company named UCO Optics.

1979: CooperVision introduces Permalens, the first contact lens approved for 30-day continuous wear.

CooperVision then incorporated in 1980, and we’ve been striving to further our storied history even more.

Again, Cooper Labs teetered on the brink of collapse, its interest expense rising to $25 million, or 65 percent of the company's 1982 operating profit.

Investors paid 35 times CooperBiomedical's 1983 earnings in the offering.

In 1985, the company expanded its product line to include the Permalens, Permaflex, and Aquaflex brands.

Montgomery stepped down in August 1988, leaving a company he had started 30 years earlier.

CooperSurgical was formed in 1990, the year it acquired Frigitronics, a technology company that produced an assortment of gynecological and ophthalmic products.

In 1991, the company's stock value plunged to $1 per share, which, together with a $6 million loss for the year, served as the telltale signs of a company in crisis.

What had once been a company with more than $600 million in annual revenue ended 1993 with $92.6 million in revenue, a total collected from its involvement in the mental healthcare market, the vision care market, and the women's healthcare market.

Another $6 million-in-sales company was acquired in 1997, when CooperSurgical purchased Marlow.

In March 1999, CooperVision received regulatory clearance to market lenses in Japan.

In fiscal year 2011, CooperVision celebrated a milestone in achieving over $1 billion in global sales.