Western Forms, Inc.

We invented the first aluminum concrete forms and continue working to improve them.

For more than 60 years, Western Forms aluminum concrete forms has developed products that solve real problems for our contractor, builder and developer customers around the world. To ensure the best in product quality and service, we’ve never rested in finding better ways to assist you.

​That commitment is apparent in the unequalled consultation, follow-up and field, technical and product support we provide for our customers. We don’t disappear once a sale is made, as is often the case in our industry. Instead, we demonstrate how our products can improve time-value project cost efficiencies to make you more money.

​How we’ve operated, from the beginning, is why Western Forms aluminum forms continues to be recognized as the global leader in aluminum forming systems used in building construction – from residential foundations to large-scale, high-rise housing structures.

Western Forms started in 1955 in Kansas City, Missouri, as a small entrepreneurial effort by E. B. Ward. In 1962, E.B. Ward invented the first fabricated aluminum form, in effect, creating the aluminum formwork industry. His vision, values and dreams have been carried forward by his sons, grandsons, and dedicated employees all these years since.​

Today, Western Forms has grown into a much larger company with a global reach that serves customers by providing the best handset and crane-set aluminum forming systems and services available. 

In the future, we anticipate many new types of form applications as the demand for concrete construction and more efficient building methods continues to grow.