Company History

Optical Software Inc. began in 1983 in Moncton as Ocean Software, as an effort to develop and market a comprehensive computer system for the optical industry.  1989 saw the introduction of new investors and  the formation a new company named Optical Software Inc.  Since that time, Optical Software Inc. has opened a sales and support office in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Optical Software is successfully marketing products against  world class competition, and is ranked among the top 3 lens processing  software products in our industry.  In 1995 OMICS was one of three nominees for an Optical Laboratories Association Award of Excellence in Lens Processing Software.  Major accounts include Aearo Safety (a safety lab) in Canada, the U.S. and England, as well as Essilor America, (a major lens manufacturer), and Walmart Vision Labs in the US.  OMICS was chosen by these industry leaders because of its flexibility and technical superiority.  Optical Software has  successfully developed a number of strong relationships within the optical community including equipment manufacturers, lens manufacturers, laboratory buying groups, wholesale laboratories, large and small retail chains, etc.

To date, Optical Software has installed over 400 systems in 3 continents. The majority of OMICS customers are wholesale optical laboratories, although a number of customers are practitioners with small in house labs. Our average customer is usually processing approximately 300-400 Rx jobs per day in a multi-user network application.  However our customer size ranges from the 20 job per day practitioner to the super lab processing 5000+ jobs per day for 2500 retail stores.