Northwest Podiatric Laboratory: the company where a gifted inventor and a professor emeritus of foot biomechanics joined forces to create a vision for the industry.

The company's roots began in 1964 in a small one room shop located in Blaine, Washington . The company Founder and President, Dennis Brown and Vice President, Christopher E. Smith, D.P.M., believed in the idea that innovation and quality would benefit podiatric care. With only two employees in a facility that was a stones throw from the U.S./Canadian Border, the company modestly began its' service to Podiatry. The road to developing new products and processes had begun.

It was Northwest Podiatric who researched and developed the first advanced graphite composite configuration to be used in custom foot orthotics. Composites allow us to produce orthotics which are lighter, stronger and significantly thinner. Many competitors continue to use 30 year old plastics technologies that rely on simple thickness for strength. Laminated orthotics virtually eliminate shoe fit problems because of their decreased bulk. Thousands of podiatrists and their patients have long since discovered the difference.

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