Ocuco Acquires CC Systems

Ocuco expands into the North American market Ocuco, provider of the Innovations Lab Management System (LMS), has acquired Florida- and Toronto-based CC Systems, which provides the Labzilla LMS. This brings total staff at Ocuco to 175 across its retail and lab divisions. The lab division forms the largest lab software company in the world, with 45 staff and an estimated 2,750 labs supported in 50 countries. CC Systems' Labzilla and Ocuco Innovations businesses will be merged into Ocuco's Lab Division under the business leadership of Stephen Cohen and the technical leadership of 2013 OLA Hall of Fame member Robert Shanbaum.   CC Systems has become a leading distributor of private label freeform lenses in addition to its LMS business. Its recent rapid growth has been driven by the explosion of freeform onto the marketplace and its unparalleled expertise in freeform digital lens manufacturing and LDS integration.   Both Innovations and Labzilla integrate with all major freeform LDSs, including IOT, Innovations Digital, Seiko, Shamir, Signet, Essilor, Thin Tech, Optovision, Carl Zeiss Vision, Crossbows, VSP, Scopus and Hoya.   "This gives us global reach and the ability to compete for business in all types of lab, from small to large, and wholesale to vertically integrated labs," said Cohen.   "Besides a much larger support team, one benefit of the acquisition for our customers is that it will help us accelerate development of Ocuco-CC Systems' next- generation LMS, which will reflect the expertise of both companies," explained Shanbaum.   "With over 175 staff in 10 countries, this brings us closer to our vision of creating an independent software company of scale to service the optical sector," added Ocuco CEO Leo Mac Canna.   Photo: Leo Mac Canna and Stephen Cohen