[1] The company consists of two business units, CooperVision (CVI) which manufactures contact lenses, and CooperSurgical (CSI), which manufactures medical devices and fertility and genomic products for the women's health care market.

[2] CooperCompanies was founded in 1958 as Martin H. Smith Co. and in 1961, incorporated as Cooper Tinsley Laboratories Inc.

[4] CooperVision serves contact lens wearers and eye care practitioners.

[6] In 2022, CooperVision acquired EnsEyers, a supplier of orthokeratology and scleral contact lenses.

[14] In March 2022, CooperSurgical acquired Cook Medical's reproductive health business for $875 million.