In May of 1981, Specialty Optical Systems original business plan was to distribute microscopes, optical systems and technical lighting to high tech companies throughout the Southwest. The business started on a breakfast room table and operated out of the Petty’s home until moving to their own building in 1982.

Over time the business evolved and embraced technology by partnering with our larger customers to offer integrated consignment throughout multiple locations and companies. Through this business model SOS performed at nearly 100% fulfillment and customer satisfaction. This lead to opportunities to expand the products we sold within these companies to over 4,000 SKU’s.

SOS was an early adopter of eCommerce and utilized it’s inventory to offer products online. eCommerce is a large part of our business but the majority of SOS’s 3,500+ customers are classic transactions.

Why eCommerce?  SOS believes that accurate information is essential to providing customers a quality online experience.  This has taken SOS years to gather and implement into our websites.  Each page within our sites have been carefully written to provide our customers value as they decide to purchase.  eCommerce is the most efficient way to process orders at SOS and we will continue to strive towards growing our online presence.