CooperVision and Ocular Sciences: Stronger as One

Executive Summary

Economies of scale and product breadth were behind the $1.2 billion merger of contact lens companies the Cooper Companies and Ocular Sciences. The combined company will be better positioned to benefit from the three drivers in the rapidly growing $6 billion worldwide contact lens market: the bulge in the youth population known as Echo Boomers; an increasing mix of advanced, premium priced products, and the worldwide increase of myopia.