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Gates & Sons’ History goes back to the late 1920’s, when Lee Gates, Sr. invented his first twisted-wire form tie with a built in spreader.
Western Forms started in 1955 in Kansas City, Missouri, as a small entrepreneurial effort by E. B. Ward.
In 1958 he developed the fastest setting steel forms in the Midwest.
In 1962, E.B. Ward invented the first fabricated aluminum form, in effect, creating the aluminum formwork industry.
In 1974 Western Forms entered the international marketplace, delivering the first aluminum forms outside the USA, to Nicaragua.
He died on April 7, 1975 at the age of eighty-one and is buried just a few hundred feet south of the mausoleum where his first form ties were used.
They left long and successful careers, one a Vice President of Sales and the other a product design and manufacturing expert, knowing they could do a better job. It started in 1976 when Orval Engelken and Ross Worley, two men with extensive knowledge of the construction industry, chose to pursue the American Dream.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Forms | 1955 | $30.0M | 200 | - |
| Taylor Manufacturing | - | $12.5M | 50 | - |
| Specialty Fabrication | 1970 | $11.8M | 20 | 2 |
| Banker Steel | 1997 | $53.0M | 100 | 39 |
| Anvil Attachments | - | $8.5M | 60 | - |
| Precision Husky | 1964 | $26.8M | 100 | - |
| Alliance Steel | 1971 | $240,000 | 50 | 15 |
| Qualico Steel | - | $29.0M | 200 | - |
| Heater Specialist | 1983 | $62.5M | 100 | - |
| Wrayco | 1980 | $8.8M | 100 | - |
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