About Foothill Instruments

Foothill Instruments is a leading supplier of film thickness metrology equipment to semiconductor, packaging, and MEMS industries, to name a few. 
We have devoted much effort over our decades of history to create extremely reliable tools which are simple to operate.
We provide lifetime support and have never charged fees for software upgrades, for example.


The Company was founded in 1999 in California by Dr. Glenn Houser. In 2016, the company moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico.