Cutting Edge: Gene Woloveke & Idaco's Many "Firsts"

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Cutting Edge: Gene Woloveke & Idaco's Many "Firsts"

  • Gene Woloveke started his career at Idaco Machine & Equipment Company in the late 1940s.
  • Early on, the company owned a sawmill machinery manufacturing division as well as a lumber division.
  • In the 1950s, Idaco ventured into the truss business, selling home packages and manufacturing truss equipment for component manufacturers.
  • Gene designed and built the first automated component saw by hand.
  • Idaco was among the first companies to partner with A. Carroll Sanford, inventor of the light gauge steel connector plate.