CooperVision announces completion of contact lens manufacturing plant expansion in Scottsville, NY; Dedication set for August 24, 1995.FAIRPORT, N.Y.--(HealthWire)--Aug. 7, 1995--CooperVision Inc., a subsidiary of The Cooper Companies Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :COO), announced today the completion of a 15,000 square foot addition to their manufacturing plant in Scottsville, NY. The addition, which nearly doubles the size of the existing facility, was built to accommodate the company's rapid growth. This expansion will result in an additional 50 new jobs over the next twelve months bringing to 100 the number of new jobs added to CooperVision in the last three years. Commenting on the completion of the facility, A. Thomas Bender, President and Chief Executive Officer of CooperVision Inc., noted, "We are extremely committed to the Rochester community and will continue to invest in facilities and people here. As we continue to grow and add new products, the number of job opportunities will also continue to grow." CooperVision will be holding a building dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony A ribbon cutting ceremony is a public ceremony conducted to inaugurate the opening to the general public of a new building or business. Often, it is conducted in just the manner the name suggests: by tying a ceremonial ribbon across the main entrance of the building, which on August 25, 1995. The building will be dedicated to the employees of CooperVision for their outstanding job performance, loyalty and commitment to the company over the past several years. CooperVision Inc., a subsidiary of The Cooper Companies Inc. (NYSE: COO), is headquartered in Irvine, CA, with additional manufacturing facilities in Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. , CA, Rochester, NY and Ontario, Canada. CooperVision markets a range of contact lenses contact lenses contact npl → verres mpl de contact contact lenses contact npl → Kontaktlinsen pl contact lenses npl for the vision care market. The Cooper Companies Inc. develops, manufactures and markets specialty healthcare products and services. Its other subsidiaries are CooperSurgical Inc., located in Shelton, CT, which markets diagnostic and surgical instruments A surgical instrument is a specially designed tool or device for performing specific actions of carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, such as modifying biological tissue, or to provide access or viewing it. and accessories for the gynecological gynecological /gy·ne·co·log·i·cal/ (-kah-loj´i-k'l) gynecologic. market; Hospital Group of America Inc., which provides psychiatric services through hospitals in New Jersey, Delaware and Illinois and CooperVision Pharmaceuticals Inc., also headquartered in Irvine, Ca, which develops ophthalmic ophthalmic /oph·thal·mic/ (of-thal´mik) ocular (1). oph·thal·mic adj. Of or relating to the eye; ocular. Ophthalmic Pertaining to the eye. pharmaceutical products. CONTACT: D.F. King & Co. Inc. Jeffrey D. Bogart or David B. Frank 212/269-5550 or The Cooper Companies Inc. Norris Battin, 714/673-4299 |
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