From offices in Boise, Post Falls, Twin Falls, and Pocatello, TechHelp Specialists help Idaho manufacturers, food processors and entrepreneurs improve their competitiveness through continuous product and process innovation.
The Idaho Department of Commerce proudly launches its new event series, Commerce Connection: Bridging Resources, bringing our team statewide to connect with communities, businesses, and professionals.
June 24 - Blaine County
June 26 - Valley County
Toyota Kata is a structured, scientific approach to continuous improvement, problem-solving. It helps organizations develop a culture of experimentation, learning, and adaptability—essential skills for today’s fast-changing business environment. This course includes two half-day training sessions designed for leaders who want to apply Kata thinking to drive performance, improve processes, and develop problem-solving skills at every level of their organization.
Turning Recipes into Revenue Starts Here!
Are you ready to launch your food business, grow your cottage food operation, or break into retail & wholesale? The Idaho Food Business Foundations workshop series is your step-by-step guide to success! 
Led by Idaho food industry experts, this 8-part series covers everything from food safety to packaging, sourcing, and marketing—giving you the foundation to confidently produce, sell, and scale your product.
Workshop Schedule:
7/7 – Foundations of Safe Food Handling
7/21 – Food Safety 2: Advanced Practices & Compliance
8/4 – Processing Methods: Small-Scale Food Manufacturing
8/18 – Sanitation 1: Cleaning & Sanitizing Basics
9/8 – Sanitation 2: Deep Cleaning & Microbial Control
9/22 – Sourcing Local: Regional Ingredients for Value-Added Foods
10/6 – Packaging & Labeling: Getting Retail Ready
10/20 – Marketing & Distribution: Reaching Your Customer
Cost: $50 per class
Special Offer: Sign up for the full series and get 50% off—just $200 for all 8 sessions!
Bonus: Attend 5 or more classes and receive 4 hours of consulting FREE to help grow your business.
Join IMA for 2nd Annual IMA Golf Tournament, network with the manufacturing community on a beautiful golf course; enjoy food, drink, networking, and 18 holes of golf on Ridgecrest Golf Course!
Turning Recipes into Revenue Starts Here!
Are you ready to launch your food business, grow your cottage food operation, or break into retail & wholesale? The Idaho Food Business Foundations workshop series is your step-by-step guide to success!
Led by Idaho food industry experts, this 8-part series covers everything from food safety to packaging, sourcing, and marketing—giving you the foundation to confidently produce, sell, and scale your product.
Workshop Schedule:
7/7 – Foundations of Safe Food Handling
7/21 – Food Safety 2: Advanced Practices & Compliance
8/4 – Processing Methods: Small-Scale Food Manufacturing
8/18 – Sanitation 1: Cleaning & Sanitizing Basics
9/8 – Sanitation 2: Deep Cleaning & Microbial Control
9/22 – Sourcing Local: Regional Ingredients for Value-Added Foods
10/6 – Packaging & Labeling: Getting Retail Ready
10/20 – Marketing & Distribution: Reaching Your Customer
Cost: $50 per class
Special Offer: Sign up for the full series and get 50% off—just $200 for all 8 sessions!
Bonus: Attend 5 or more classes and receive 4 hours of consulting FREE to help grow your business.
Two Tours Rolled Into One! Who Wants To Join Us For A Rare Two-Fer Site Tour Event?
These 2 facilities have the latest state of the art automated structural steel fabrication, paint processing, handling, and machining equipment.
The first part of the plant tour will be at Gayle Manufacturing Company (GMC) in Caldwell. GMC operates this large world class facility, with extensive fabrication capabilities, sitting on 50-acres, with room for growth. The second part of the plant tour will be nearby at GMC’s partner paint company, R&B Protective Coatings, Inc., less than a ½ mile drive from GMC’s back gate. R&B just completed construction of their second location with the first being in California. R&B’s Caldwell, ID facility is located on a 4-acre parcel with an additional 10 acres to expand and built with state-of-the-art equipment to streamline the coating application.
The Lean Six Sigma White Belt (LSSWB) is a 1-day introductory course that provides a basic understanding of Lean and Six Sigma principles. It equips participants with the knowledge to support projects, understand the terminology and concepts used in Lean Six Sigma initiatives, and serves as a foundation for pursuing further training towards a Yellow Belt, which allows for more advanced roles in Lean Six Sigma projects.
Turning Recipes into Revenue Starts Here!
Are you ready to launch your food business, grow your cottage food operation, or break into retail & wholesale? The Idaho Food Business Foundations workshop series is your step-by-step guide to success!
Led by Idaho food industry experts, this 8-part series covers everything from food safety to packaging, sourcing, and marketing—giving you the foundation to confidently produce, sell, and scale your product.
Workshop Schedule:
7/7 – Foundations of Safe Food Handling
7/21 – Food Safety 2: Advanced Practices & Compliance
8/4 – Processing Methods: Small-Scale Food Manufacturing
8/18 – Sanitation 1: Cleaning & Sanitizing Basics
9/8 – Sanitation 2: Deep Cleaning & Microbial Control
9/22 – Sourcing Local: Regional Ingredients for Value-Added Foods
10/6 – Packaging & Labeling: Getting Retail Ready
10/20 – Marketing & Distribution: Reaching Your Customer
Cost: $50 per class
Special Offer: Sign up for the full series and get 50% off—just $200 for all 8 sessions!
Bonus: Attend 5 or more classes and receive 4 hours of consulting FREE to help grow your business.
Join us on Thursday, August 7 for the FARE Idaho Field to Fork Festival, Sandpoint, a full day dedicated to celebrating and strengthening North Idaho’s local food economy. Hosted by FARE Idaho, this gathering brings together farmers, ranchers, food producers, retailers, chefs, and community members to connect, collaborate, and explore how we can build a more resilient regional food system—together. The daytime festival is free and open to the public, with special access for buyers beginning at noon.
Join IMA for a tour of Challenger Pallet the North West's leading wooden pallet manufacturer.
Turning Recipes into Revenue Starts Here!
Are you ready to launch your food business, grow your cottage food operation, or break into retail & wholesale? The Idaho Food Business Foundations workshop series is your step-by-step guide to success!
Led by Idaho food industry experts, this 8-part series covers everything from food safety to packaging, sourcing, and marketing—giving you the foundation to confidently produce, sell, and scale your product.
Workshop Schedule:
7/7 – Foundations of Safe Food Handling
7/21 – Food Safety 2: Advanced Practices & Compliance
8/4 – Processing Methods: Small-Scale Food Manufacturing
8/18 – Sanitation 1: Cleaning & Sanitizing Basics
9/8 – Sanitation 2: Deep Cleaning & Microbial Control
9/22 – Sourcing Local: Regional Ingredients for Value-Added Foods
10/6 – Packaging & Labeling: Getting Retail Ready
10/20 – Marketing & Distribution: Reaching Your Customer
Cost: $50 per class
Special Offer: Sign up for the full series and get 50% off—just $200 for all 8 sessions!
Bonus: Attend 5 or more classes and receive 4 hours of consulting FREE to help grow your business.
Join IMA for a site tour of G Zero CNC Machining. G-Zero clients include Aerospace, Medical, Firearms, Semiconductor and more. G-Zero machining centers include horizontal multi-pallet systems, 5-Axis milling, vertical milling and lathe turning with live tooling.
Turning Recipes into Revenue Starts Here!
Are you ready to launch your food business, grow your cottage food operation, or break into retail & wholesale? The Idaho Food Business Foundations workshop series is your step-by-step guide to success!
Led by Idaho food industry experts, this 8-part series covers everything from food safety to packaging, sourcing, and marketing—giving you the foundation to confidently produce, sell, and scale your product.
Workshop Schedule:
7/7 – Foundations of Safe Food Handling
7/21 – Food Safety 2: Advanced Practices & Compliance
8/4 – Processing Methods: Small-Scale Food Manufacturing
8/18 – Sanitation 1: Cleaning & Sanitizing Basics
9/8 – Sanitation 2: Deep Cleaning & Microbial Control
9/22 – Sourcing Local: Regional Ingredients for Value-Added Foods
10/6 – Packaging & Labeling: Getting Retail Ready
10/20 – Marketing & Distribution: Reaching Your Customer
Cost: $50 per class
Special Offer: Sign up for the full series and get 50% off—just $200 for all 8 sessions!
Bonus: Attend 5 or more classes and receive 4 hours of consulting FREE to help grow your business.
Our class is accredited by the International HACCP Alliance and meets the requirements of NCIMS, FSIS, and GFSI (e.g. SQF, BRC, FSSC22000, etc.) certification requirements. In class, you will understand the 5 pre-steps and 7 principles in creating a facility-wide food safety plan. You will get templates and example food safety plans to build or revitalize your current HACCP plan. The curriculum is designed with practical advice from industry experts. If you haven’t taken a HACCP class in a while, it is a good idea to have a refresher course. If you are new to HACCP or food safety plans, this class will give you the basics you need to know to get started. This class does require a project to fulfill the course requirements. This class fulfills the training requirements for SQF, BRC, or other GFSI-approved certifications.
Ready to take your Lean Six Sigma game to the next level?
Join TechHelp’s Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Course this fall! Build advanced skills, lead impactful improvement projects, and earn your Black Belt certification.
Treasure Valley (venue TBA) & via Zoom
9/10, 9/24, 10/08, 10/22, & 11/05
Includes capstone project, expert coaching, and certification exam
Perfect for Green Belts and process leaders ready to make big moves!
