When you move to Boise, you are moving to a city that is diversified enough to provide the kind of economic stability we have all recently come to regard as essential. Much of this diversity is built on the foundation of industry. The city is home to many major corporations, which have both headquarters and production plants in the city limits. Let's take a look at a few of the most important companies in the area.

URS Corp.

Looking for a company who uses the latest in calibration management software to ensure the highest quality products are built and delivered throughout the nation? URS Corp. has the credentials to attract a lot of attention.

This company has its Washington division headquarters located right here in Boise. It's one of the largest engineering design firms in the world, and one of the main contractors for the United States government. Not only does the company plan and build various types of infrastructure, it helps to manage them through electronic contract manufacturing for professional nuclear waste disposal and many other innovative approaches.

Idaho Timber

The Idaho Timber company is one of the industrial giants in the Boise area. With headquarters located in the city, the company also runs several plants and mills in the industrially zoned parts of the outskirts. You'll find pulp mills using the latest cooling water treatment chemicals in line with environmental regulations, sawmills with state of the art dryers, and processing plants manned all day long, seven days a week. And they are just one part of the lumber business here in Boise!

Micron Technology

Not to be left behind in the high tech area, Boise has one of the largest semiconductor producing companies in the world. Micron is one of the oldest surviving DRAM chips manufacturers, and continues to thrive and expand its business interests.

Idaho Power

With abundant natural resources, it figures that power would be one of Idaho's main industries. Companies like Idaho power harness the potential of rivers and even wind power in the area and sell it off to grids across the United States. The electric tubing cutter a worker in a Sacramento plant is using is most likely using power purchased from Idaho!

One of the fastest growing industries in Boise is the technology industry. You will find well known companies located here, from Internet giants who sell lead castings to computer pioneers like Microsoft. Truly, it's a city with a great economic outlook built on the successes of local industry.