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hen Franklin came back, he said,
“Several of us from the same vintage
came back – it was like getting a team
back together.” Oyervides pushed for
the employee-owned component where
employees could have stock and grow
the value of the company.
Oyervides enjoys living in the small
town and said that it has not been an
impediment to shipping product.
“I was raised in Treasure Valley, Idaho
and aside from a stint in the Marine
Corps, I’ve lived here most all of my
life. This is largely an agricultural-
ly-based community with people who
know how to work. My wife and I have
raised three daughters here and the area
has afforded us a wonderful quality of
life that many people are finding out
about and moving here … why would
we want to be anywhere else?”
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There are two other key businesses in Payette, Seneca Foods and Idaho Power.
Franklin said that the three companies are the main employers in the town.
While the company hovers at around 40 employees, they are forecasting 10
percent growth per year for the next 10 years. About 45 percent of their orders
are aerospace related and the remainder are for medical applications and other
industries.
For the aerospace industry, they are producing “a lot of parts for the brake sys-
tem for commercial and military airplanes,” said Franklin. Some of their parts
go into systems that make sure that doors are closed, and landing gear is tucked
up under the aircraft. Franklin said others go into fluid management systems
and power conversion.