John Apgar

When Bill Owens founded Owens Design in 1983, his vision was to create a company where talented engineers and technicians worked together to design and build manufacturing equipment for the emerging high technology companies of the day. Since that time, Owens has developed custom equipment for every new wave of technology emerging from Silicon Valley, from hard disk drives, semiconductors, solar cells, energy storage, medical devices and consumer mobile products.

After Bill retired in 2003, they have continued to build on the core values of mutual respect, transparency, collaboration, and commitment to quality. He is very proud that they continue to grow the company and the customers’ trust to solve their most demanding equipment problems, which, in turn, has allowed them to attract and retain the industry’s most talented equipment development professionals. Today, they can boast a knowledgeable and committed workforce of over 70 people in the 45,000 ft2 Fremont, CA facilities.