The Alumi-Tech truck cover was the "Brain Child" of Joe Menz, co-founder of Western Industries. Joe originally designed the truck cover in 1986 when his personal demand for a truck cover could not be met by existing truck covers on the market, at that time. Upon designing an original prototype truck cover, Joe re-engineered & refined the original prototype until he had a truck cover that met the rigourous demands and high personal expectations of Joe himself. By 1988, Joe had a truck cover that was tried, tested and ready for manufacturer under the registered trade name: Alumi-Tech.

Initial manufacturing of the Alumi-Tech truck cover took place at Western Industries until 1999 when demand for the truck cover surpassed plant capacity. As such, Joe formed a new company by the name of JOPA Industries to focus solely on the Alumi-Tech truck cover. A new truck cover manufacturing facility in Humboldt, Saskatchewan became the home of the truck cover where it still is currently produced.

In March of 2004, the truck cover, by now simply known as the "Alumi-Tech", reached a new era when TREK Industries Inc. purchased the truck cover manufacturing rights from JOPA Industries Inc. Firmly believing that the truck cover industry was still in a relatively infancy stage, with high growth potential, TREK Industries Inc. purchased the truck cover rights to reach out to a growing North American client base.