Idaho building materials company opens new plant in Boise

by Melissa McGrath @ Idaho Statesman

A local company that manufactures building materials opened a 37,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Boise.
Idaho Truss and Component Co., based in Meridian, had to expand into the plant located off Federal Way in Boise because its prefabricated wall panel business has taken off in recent years, said Kendall Hoyd, president of Idaho Truss.

The company has grown from selling about $25,000 worth of wall panels in a month in 2001 to selling between $400,000 and $500,000 a month this year.

“One of the things we did in 2005 was the Tamarack members’ lodge. That was our first major project,” Hoyd said. “Since then, we’ve been very successful in pursuing that kind of work. We were awarded the next six buildings in the Tamarack development.”

The company also is helping to build a lodge in Sun Valley, a condominium project in Sun Valley and a hotel in Seattle.

Idaho Truss can design the frame for a building, manufacture the wall panels and install them.

Sixty people currently work at the Idaho Truss plant in Boise. The company plans to add another 30 or 40 workers in the next year, Hoyd said.