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About SOS

About SOS

Specialty Optical Systems, Inc. is our legal name (est. 1981) — but the industry knows us simply as SOS. Through SOSCleanroom.com, we support contamination-control programs for cleanrooms, controlled environments, and high-reliability manufacturing where product integrity and uptime matter.

What customers rely on us for
  • Real inventory: we warehouse products and ship fast because product is on our shelves — not “virtual.”
  • Best-in-class brands: critical environments can’t be compromised by inferior substitutes.
  • Experienced people: when you call, you reach a team that knows the application and moves orders right the first time.
  • Operational discipline: accurate fulfillment, visibility, and repeatable execution for regulated and high-control spaces.
Contact SOSCleanroom
Call 800-443-7101
Hours: Mon–Thu 9am–5pm CT, Fri 9am–4:30pm CT
Address: 10210 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75243

How we support cleanrooms and controlled environments

A stocking distributor model built for uptime
We are a brick-and-mortar distributor that embraced technology for a practical reason: to stock the right products for niche customers and deliver them accurately. We own and operate our facility, warehouse real inventory, and ship fast because product is on our shelves.
Experienced support you can actually reach
When customers call SOSCleanroom, they reach people who know controlled environments and can help resolve selection questions, substitutions, and order execution without a long chain of handoffs. Average employee tenure exceeds 15 years.
How we think about the work
Critical environments are a risk-management problem: you’re controlling viable and nonviable contamination, residues, and electrostatic events across products, processes, and people — under a defined compliance scope. Our role is to make the supply side predictable and defensible.

Built on pivots. Proven by performance.

SOS was founded in May 1981 serving high-tech customers with microscopes, optics, and technical lighting — and from the start, that work was tied to controlled environments where cleanliness, process discipline, and reliability matter.

A short timeline of how we became “essential”
  • 1981: Founded in Dallas as Specialty Optical Systems (SOS), serving microscopes, optics, and technical lighting.
  • 1985: Expanded into semiconductor lighting, supporting photolithography lamp programs with disciplined execution.
  • 2000s–today: Cleanroom consumables became a dedicated growth engine—supporting medical, pharma, biotech, aerospace, semiconductor, and other controlled environments.
  • Continuous: We invest in distribution systems that drive speed, accuracy, and visibility—because critical environments can’t run on uncertainty.
A note from our leadership
“We’ve stayed ahead by making the right pivots, embracing technology, and investing in distribution systems that deliver speed and accuracy. We’re nimble, easy to work with, and committed to improving every day. Our business isn’t flashy—but it’s essential to keeping critical environments compliant and operational.”
— J. Jason Petty, President

Cleanroom consumables: what we stock

We stock the essentials that protect cleanrooms and controlled environments—focused on products that reduce particulate risk, support consistent cleaning, and hold up under real operator use.

Core categories
How we help customers select
Good selection is about risk and use conditions: ISO class, surface sensitivity, residue tolerance, ESD sensitivity, chemical exposure, and packaging discipline. If you tell us your zone and task, we can narrow to a practical short list that teams can standardize on.
Our standard on brands
We only stock and distribute best-in-class brands. We do not supply inferior substitutes to save cost — critical environments can’t be compromised.

SOS and ITW Texwipe

A key part of our cleanroom marketplace focus is our long-standing relationship with ITW Texwipe. Customers depend on Texwipe’s contamination-control portfolio for repeatable performance, and they depend on SOSCleanroom for the operational discipline that keeps those programs running day after day.

What “program support” means in practice
  • Reliability-minded supply: stocking strategies aligned to real cleanroom consumption patterns so you can standardize without sudden gaps.
  • Program continuity: consistent fulfillment and responsive support for contamination-control teams, buyers, and engineers.
  • Documentation-aware execution: we understand expectations around controlled-environment purchasing, change control, and qualification.

Semiconductor lighting leadership

Our semiconductor roots remain strong. SOS is the Ushio America sales representative for photolithography replacement lamp sales across Texas and the entire East Coast of the United States. With more than 40 years of photolithography lamp knowledge, we support fabs with responsive communication, accurate quoting, and dependable coordination from inquiry through delivery.

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Scale that keeps customers running (SMI and consignment)

SOS supports Supplier-Managed Inventory (SMI) and consignment programs designed to reduce downtime risk and prevent stockouts. We supply 4,500+ parts to the semiconductor industry and support consignment stock in 17 locations across four states, plus recurring replenishment programs that simplify purchasing inside customer environments.

Reliability measured in results
Our reliability shows in results — including 11 Texas Instruments Supplier Excellence Awards earned over the years.

Who we serve

  • Semiconductor fabs and advanced manufacturing
  • Compounding pharmacies and nuclear pharmacies
  • Cleanrooms and controlled environments
  • Pharmaceutical, biologics, and medical device facilities
  • Hospitals and health-system pharmacies
  • Research and educational laboratories
  • Industrial manufacturing

FAQ

What does SOSCleanroom.com stock?
SOSCleanroom is a stocking distributor of cleanroom consumables including low-linting wipers (dry and pre-wetted) and cleanroom swabs, plus sterile and disinfecting products, gloves and cleanroom apparel, sticky mats, mops, and contamination-control essentials.
Why do customers choose SOSCleanroom as their cleanroom distributor?
Customers choose SOSCleanroom because we maintain real inventory, prioritize best-in-class brands, and run an execution model designed for accuracy, repeatability, and fast fulfillment—especially where contamination risk and downtime are not acceptable.
Do you support consignment and Supplier-Managed Inventory (SMI) programs?
Yes. SOS supports SMI and consignment programs designed to reduce stockouts, simplify purchasing, and maintain continuity for cleanroom and semiconductor operations.
Bottom line
SOS is a distributor built for environments where contamination and downtime aren’t options — with real inventory, best-in-class brands, experienced people, and the technology to deliver accurately.
Last reviewed: Dec. 29, 2025