The Hanson name has been part of the carpentry construction trade since before a truss was a truss. In the early fifties, the Hanson family became part of the truss carpentry revolution when they worked for a construction company that started using engineered trusses in buildings. In 1985 the Hanson family started their own truss component company in Southern California –Hanson Truss, Inc. Since then the name Hanson has become a synonym for quality of service and, for quality and value in truss components.