PLEASANTON, Calif.—Health care products maker The Cooper Cos. has appointed John A. Weber president of the CooperVision contact lens unit.

Weber previously served as president, Asia Pacific since April and vice president, worldwide manufacturing and distribution of CooperVision from January 2005 to March 2007.

Commenting on the appointment, Robert S. Weiss, Cooper's chief executive officer, said, "John brings extensive worldwide operational experience to his new role. With his background and experience within CooperVision, he is ideally suited to continue driving our success."

Previously, the CooperVision employee reporting lines were split between Cooper Companies’ CEO Weiss and CFO Steven M. Neil, who left the company earlier this month, according to a spokeperson for The Cooper Companies.

The Cooper Companies, Inc. manufactures and markets specialty healthcare products through its CooperVision and CooperSurgical units. Corporate offices are in Pleasanton, Calif.

CooperVision develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of contact lenses for the worldwide vision correction market. Also headquartered here, it manufactures in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, Norfolk, Va., Rochester, N.Y., Adelaide, Australia, Hamble and Hampshire, England and Madrid, Spain.