Greenstar Opening New Factory in Idaho

Greenstar Building Systems, a commercial modular
manufacturing company that supplies the camps created by the mining and fuel
booms, has purchased a former Champion Homes plant in Weiser, Idaho for a new factory.

New Greenstar factory in Weiser, ID

Company officials said work will begin on the factory the
week of Sept. 24, and hiring for line workers will start in mid-October.
Greenstar will hire more than 75 production workers for the Weiser plant
including carpenters, assemblers, painters, plumbers and electricians.

“We were looking in Colorado
and Idaho
mainly because of their proximity to our customers,” a company spokesperson said Sept. 19.
“Once we had decided Weiser, we were surprised that you can get more for your
money in Idaho.
Wages are good, the workers compensation rate, the land are all lower.”

The company pays its line workers $11 an hour in Arizona, and will
probably pay them that much in Weiser.

Greenstar makes modular homes for workers at oil and mining
camps in remote locations in Texas, Nevada, Montana, North Dakota and Canada. The company also provides
many of the services at those camps, such as utilities, power, septic, security
and food service.

The 67,000-square-foot building purchased in Weiser will be
used for manufacturing man camp housing.