Jeff Townsend is
a Bakersfield native,
as well as a leading
designer and manufacturer
of custom-made,
knee-related orthotic
products. Townsend
Design has a state-of-the-art,
50,000 square foot
manufacturing facility
in Bakersfield that
supplies clients
across the entire
U.S. as well as
15 countries around
the world.
Copy Points
•
One of Bakersfield’s
own, Jeff Townsend, has
built a dynamic, cutting-edge
company headquartered in
Bakersfield after studying
Bio-Mechanics, Kinesiology
at UCLA, and attending Northwestern
University for Orthotics
and Prosthetics.
• After
returning to Bakersfield,
Jeff founded Townsend Design
in 1983, when he successfully
tested his first brace on
L.A. Lakers forward, Mitch
Kupchak. Today, Townsend
Design is a leading provider
of custom-made, knee-related
orthotic products.
• The patented hinge motion of Townsend’s products are revolutionary as they are the closest replication of the anatomical motion of the knee.
• Townsend Design employs more than 125 people at its 50,000 square foot manufacturing plant.
• Meadows Field Airport comes in handy for Townsend Design’s sales force which has clients all over the United States and in 15 countries around the world.
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“A portrait
of Jeff Townsend holding
one of his famous
knee braces.”
