Founded by Elwood M. Anderson in 1973, Idaho Truss began its corporate existence as Anderson Trussco. The original plant was located in a 2000 square foot building on 1 acre in Garden City, near Boise, Idaho. In the first years, there were about 10 employees turning out about 200 trusses per day, with a dollar value of approximately $3600. In 1978, Carl Hill, one of the founders of Idaho Truss & Component Company, worked out an agreement to buy out Mr. Anderson. He called his brother Mike Hill, a steel-detailer for Farris Associates, an engineering company in Bellevue, Washington, and Idaho Truss began.

Carl took charge of the manufacturing operations and Mike led the component design aspects of the business. The state of technology at the time was drafting tables, hand-held calculators and span and load charts. The training, work ethic and aptitude of the founders had an immediate impact on the capability of the company, and Idaho Truss began a decades long track record of raising the bar in terms of complex truss system design and manufacturing excellence.

In 1979, a third partner, Dale Voris joined as a shareholder in Idaho Truss and took responsibility for the business administration aspects of the company, as growth of Idaho Truss had increased to the point where more help was needed to make sure the job was done right in all phases of the business. By this point the company consisted of about 30 employees and had outgrown the Garden City facility. In 1981, the company jumped at an opportunity to move to its current 3.1-acre site in Meridian, Idaho, which seemed like a vast expanse compared to the previous facility. The company grew steadily, from monthly sales of $100,000 in the mid-1970's, to $400,000 in 1990.

In the early-90's, as local manufacturer Micron Technologies grew and added jobs at an explosive rate, market demand rocketed the company's sales to over $800k per month. Idaho Truss was equal to the task, adding modern cutting, fabrication and delivery equipment to help get the job done. Simultaneously, truss design software surged in sophistication, which somewhat coincided with the increase in capabilities of desktop computers. These technological developments fit well with the escalating market demand for truss manufacturers to economically design increasingly complex truss systems. Again, Idaho Truss set the standard, through product and process innovation, continually finding ways to accurately design and effectively manufacture truss packages that would have been uneconomical a few years before.

Carl left Idaho Truss in 1992 to pursue other interests and sold his shares to Dale and Mike. Around this time, approximately 30% of Idaho Truss' sales were lumberyard dealers. In the mid-1990's, however, many of the lumber yards embarked on a strategy to augment their lumber, door, window and other offerings by expanding into "value added" products, such as trusses. This was a period of difficult adjustment for Idaho Truss, as several of what had once been loyal lumberyard customers became competitors almost overnight. In response, everyone at Idaho Truss worked harder than ever to differentiate themselves by enhancing and highlighting their unique capabilities, particularly with respect to projects that were especially demanding. Anticipating Dale Voris' 2000 retirement, Kendall Hoyd joined the company to take over Dale's business administration responsibilities. Kendall brought a fresh and welcome new perspective to a company with a great foundation but, nonetheless, in need of some remodeling to better face the new market realities.

For a start, in January of 2001, the company sold its first package of engineered wood products, with a monthly total for that product line of about $6,400. Engineered wood now represents over $1MM annually in sales for Idaho Truss. In April of that year, Idaho Truss acquired the assets and operations of a small wall panel manufacturer and at that point began in the business of selling the entire rough framing package, from sill plate to dry sheet, using a greater number of pre-built components. For his commitment and contribution to these innovations and company growth, Kendall became a shareholder in 2001.

In 2006, the wall panel/framing lumber business is the fastest growing part of Idaho Truss & Component Company and commonly ships product into almost every state west of the Continental Divide. In support of its differentiation strategy, the company has taken an aggressive approach to increase its capabilities by setting comprehensive internal standards for training and certification for all technical and sales staff. As of 2002, every truss designer is required to maintain as least a WTCA Level II certification, and every truss salesman is required to maintain at least a WTCA Level I certification. In addition, in 2001, the company was awarded the Idaho Quality Award for Quality Commitment Recognition for excellence in the development and documentation of its management and production processes. In 2001, Idaho Truss also became Idaho's first and only WTCA QC Certified Truss Plant, placing it among only 1% of truss plants in the nation that have achieved this rigorous certification.