In the world of frame and truss manufacturing, there aren’t many events that gather the industry in quite the same way as the annual Building Component Manufacturers Conference (BCMC). It’s a touchpoint – not just for showcasing machinery and equipment, but for sharing ideas, reconnecting with old friends and connecting with new ones, and taking stock of where we’re headed.
For Spida Machinery, this kind of gathering means a lot. It’s an opportunity to pause and reflect on the work we do day in and day out – designing, building, and supporting machinery that makes real-world production better, smarter, and more reliable.
Preparing for a show like BCMC isn’t just about hauling machines to a convention center. Behind the scenes, there’s months of planning: freight logistics, technical setups, scheduling live demos, and coordinating a team that spans leadership, sales, engineering, service, and support. It’s a big task and one we take seriously, because every time we connect with a visitor, we want to show up fully prepared and ready to listen, support, and help in any way we can.
Why We Attend – To Listen and Help
When it comes to BCMC, for us, it’s much more than just the booth. We show up ready to listen to the problems and challenges customers are facing on the shop floor, ready to engage and share our experience and expertise, and ready to provide solutions to problems faced by manufacturers across our industry. [For all photos, See PDF or View in Full Issue.]
We’ve been part of this event for years because it’s where real conversations happen. We’re driven by these opportunities to talk with and help manufacturers achieve benefits such as increased efficiencies, more throughput, and reduced labor costs.
Showcasing Smarter Innovation
This year, we will have one of our most popular automated saws and the Raked Wall Line at our booth! The Spida Automated Apollo Saw is a great all-rounder when it comes to cutting. It’s a radial arm saw designed to accurately cut any angle from 9° to 171° on lumber components. Incredibly versatile, this saw is suitable for large and small factories and for frame and truss components.
The Raked Wall Line provides a simple, powerful, fast, accurate, and automated workflow to create both common walls and raked walls. This solution includes the dynamic trio of the Stud Extruder, Curved Conveyor, and Raked Wall Extruder. These three machines work together to streamline processes, increase productivity, and reduce labor.
The Stud Extruder, using configurations sent from the detailer to the touch screen, allows the operator to seamlessly process the assembly of C, L, and U studs along with the nailing of fireblocks to studs. The operator then loads assemblies easily onto the Curved Conveyor. The Curved Conveyor is used to transfer studs and minor sub-assemblies from the assembly point, direct to the Raked Wall Extruder operator. The operator can then access them, ready for insertion into a wall frame.
In addition to the machines physically at our booth, we’ll have other avenues for you to learn more about the rest of our innovative equipment too!
Machinery in Action with Live Demos!
We especially enjoy being able to provide live demos at BCMC — 3 sessions per day, so you can see the machinery in action. We will be showcasing the raked wall line where visitors will get a close-up look at how the machinery performs in real time. It’s one thing to see a machine on a brochure, it’s another thing to see the detail, speed, accuracy, and integration, right in front of you. Also, it lets visitors experience a new way to approach their own production challenges. Our team members are all mic’d up, so you’ll hear us loud and clear as we explain what’s happening, delving into the details and the benefits as well as answering questions.
These live demos always prove popular, so make sure you come along and get a spot on our viewing platform!
Powered by People
While machinery is a core focus at BCMC, it’s our people who are integral to what we do. This year at BCMC, our team will represent a wide spectrum of what Spida does: from leadership to sales and product expertise, to service, freight, and customer support. That diversity matters, because when you walk up to our booth with a question – whether it’s about machinery features, increasing throughput, scaling up, solving a bottleneck, or how to transport and install a wall line – we have people available to answer it. No matter what your business needs are, you’ll be able to talk to one of our team who can help.
And it’s not just about our own people. Whether you’re an existing customer, a long-time industry friend, or new to the Spida community, we look forward to connecting. We love being part of BCMC – we get to have valuable conversations, strengthen partnerships, and find solutions together. It’s where ideas are exchanged, challenges are solved, and innovation takes its next leap forward!
Make a Plan to Come Visit Us
BCMC is a few short months from now, and we’re already getting excited as we finalize all of our behind-the-scenes plans. There’s so much we enjoy – our friends and customers who we welcome each year, the first-time visitors who bring fresh questions, and our industry peers who challenge us to think differently.
If you’re heading to the show, please come by and have a chat with us. Whether you’re looking to expand your capabilities, improve efficiency, or just see what’s new in the world of frame and truss, our team is ready to help.
BCMC 2025 is being held September 29 to October 3 in Omaha, NE – we hope to see you there!