What is Afinitas?

Intelligent Infrastructure Solutions for the Precast Concrete Industry

Afinitas is the premier platform of precast concrete infrastructure equipment and services.

Through our trusted HawkeyePedershaab, BFS, New Hampton Metal Fabrication, Spillman and CAM Products brands, including our newest additions Haala Industries, Caswick Ltd. and Amifast, we provide manufacturers around the world with the gold standard in precast concrete product production equipment, highly engineered drycast and wetcast forms and a wide variety of concrete accessories. Our combined strengths mean more concrete machinery engineering resources, manufacturing know-how and pipe and precast concrete industry experience is ready to help you create the ideal production systems for your infrastructural concrete product needs.

To us, while it is important to be a leader in the precast concrete industry, equally important is the long-term success of our team members and customers. And for both, our goal is that the Afinitas brand serves as a catalyst for their success and continued growth.

Headquartered in St. Louis, MO (USA), Afinitas has more than 400 team members worldwide in manufacturing, sales and service facilities in the USA, Denmark, Germany, Italy, UK, and India, focused on providing customers with robust equipment and engineering solutions and world-class service on all corners of the globe.

Afinitas’ vision is clear and simple: to use our growing scale, reach, and global knowledge base to provide market-leading solutions and world-class service to customers while fostering a dynamic culture that unleashes the potential of our team members and ultimately enriches the lives of everyone in our span of care – customers and team members alike!

A global brand with 12 offices as well as facilities in three continents.

Afinitas Headquarters

North America – USA
8027 Forsyth Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63105
Phone  +1 (314) 726-2178
info@afinitas.com

Afinitas Equipment & Automation – The Americas

Afinitas
506 S. Wapello St.
Mediapolis, Iowa 52637
Phone  +1 (319) 394-3197
info@afinitas.com

Afinitas Equipment & Automation, Europe – Denmark

Afinitas A/S
Saltumvej 25
9700 Brønderslev, Denmark
Phone +45 9645 4000
info-DK@afinitas.com

Afinitas Equipment & Automation, Europe – Germany

Afinitas GmbH
Dr. -Georg-Spohn-Str. 31
89143 Blaubeuren, Germany
T: +49 7344 96030
info-DE@afinitas.com

Afinitas Equipment & Automation, Europe – Italy

Afinitas srl
Viale Venezia 79/G
33074 Fontanafredda
Italy

Phone:+39 0434 599211
Telefax:+39 0434 599299
info-ITA@afinitas.com

India

Apollo HawkeyePedershaab Concrete Technologies Pvt. Ltd ( AHCT)

Learn more about our services for customers in India.

Ahmedabad-Mehsana State Highway,
Village : Rajpur – 382 715.
Dist. Mehsana,
Gujarat, India.Office Contact+91-9099071618
For enquiries of Pipe & Cage Machines+91-9099086697

sales@ahct.in
www.ahct.in

Afinitas Forming Systems – North America

928 W. Milwaukee
New Hampton, Iowa 50659
Phone (641) 394-4111
rfq@afinitas.com

Afinitas Forming Systems – North America

1701 Moler Road
Columbus, Ohio 43207
(614) 444-2184
rfq@afinitas.com

Afinitas Concrete Accessories – North America

Afinitas
506 S. Wapello St.
Medipolis, Iowa 52637
Phone: +1 (319) 394-3197

accessories-info@afinitas.com

Hawkeye – Phone (800) 626-1451
Spillman – Phone (800) 443-6767
CAM  – Phone (800) 338 0715
Lifting, Fasteners, Form Accessories, Utility Hardware – Phone (800) 835-5581

Afinitas Concrete Accessories – United Kingdom

Caswick Ltd.
Sandtoft Rd. Belton Doncaster
DN9 1PN England
+44 (0) 1427 872017 (office)
+44 (0) 1427 873541 (fax)
info@caswick.co.uk
www.caswick.co.uk

Learn more about our new company Caswick Ltd!

Construction Fasteners and Electrical Products

Amifast
138 Bevers Rd.
Liberty Hill, Texas 78642
Phone (512) 778-6577
Toll-free (800) 835-5581
sales@amifast.com
www.amifast.com
Amifast is now part of Afinitas – learn more.

Afinitas Concrete Accessories – Rebar Mats, Cone Cages, Grates, Guards

Haala Industries
22076 State Hwy 4
PO Box 389
Sleepy Eye, MN 56085
Phone  1 (507) 794-5821 
info@haala.com
www.haala.com 
Haala is now part of Afinitas – learn more.

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We have a great team…tell your friends!

Afinitas is a vibrant, growing company, and we have many great career opportunities to choose from, including fabrication, machine operators, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, CAD-CAM operators, painters, sales representatives, finance specialists, marketing, human resources, purchasing and many other employment paths. 

We offer competitive wage and benefits packages and an employee-centric work environment that encourages learning and growth.

Please see all of our current openings at Afinitas.com/careers.

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Our Leadership
Jason Duncan Afinitas CEO

Jason Duncan

Afinitas Chief Executive Officer

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Liz Wingenbach

Chief People Officer

Daniel Bühler

President, Afinitas Equipment & Automation Division

Kirk Schall Concrete Accessories President

Kirk Schall

President, Afinitas Concrete Accessories Division

David Drees

David Drees

President, Afinitas Forming Systems Division

Dave Stoller

Global Vice President Of Engineering

Ryan Gable

Managing Partner, BW Forsyth Partners

Our History
How We Got Here
Pedershaab founded in 1917
Wegner-Welding-1948
1

1877

Pedershaab Maskinfabrik founded in Brønderslev, Denmark.
2

1917

Henry Schmidgall begins manufacturing concrete products.
3

1945

John Wegner opens Wegner Welding in New Hampton, Iowa, USA.
4

1948

Pedershaab VIHY Technology initiated.
5

1948

Spillman Company founded in Columbus,Ohio, USA, by Robert L. Spillman.

Many unique histories, one bright future.

1

1949

Hank Schmidgall founds Hawkeye Concrete in Mediapolis, Iowa, USA.
2

1957

William and Barbara Coons purchase Spillman Company and begin manufacturing products for architectural precast market.
3

1968

Pedershaab introduces first fully automatic Supermatic - first machine on the market to utilize rising core principal.
Afinitas-History-1940s-1968
Afinitas History_1970s
1

1976

Pedershaab launches Modul Simplex (forerunner of the current Multicast machine) for production of pipes up to 3.6M in diameter.
2

1977

Ted Coons takes the helm at Spillman Company.
3

1979-80

The Hawkeye PipePlus Machine and Multiforms were developed.
4

1980

Baumgärtner Maschinenfabrik GmbH, which became BFS Betonfertigteilesysteme GmbH in Blaubeuren, Germany, was established as a manufacturer of custom-built equipment and machinery allow the production of a wide variety of concrete products.
5

1980

BFS supplies the first manhole machine called Atlantik.
6

1982

Pedershaab Mastermatic machine introduced.
1

1984

CAM Sales, maker of specialty wire concrete reinforcement accessories, is founded in Ludington, Michigan, USA.
2

1985

Wegner Welding begins making wetcast equipment.
3

1989

Jim Wright joins CAM Sales as owner and CEO.
4

1989

Wegner Welding changes its name to New Hampton Metal Fabrication to better address growing precast concrete customer base.
5

1990

Hawkeye launches fully automatic PipePlus machine.
History Afinitas-1984
Afinitas-History-1990s
1

1991

Hawkeye launches industry’s first weldless box reinforcement spacer.
2

1994

BFS developed the Souveraen Packerhead Machine with an electric driven motor.
3

1996

First automated handling system “ROCO” is developed by Hawkeye.
4

2001

BFS develops SlabFlex a new wetcast product line.
5

2002

Casagrande Group purchases BFS and helps it to expand into the spun pole and pressure pipe areas.Klaus Müller and Daniel Bühler are named General Managers of the company.
1

2003

Pedershaab merges with Betodan providing access to more machine technology, including manholes and vibrating table equipment.
2

2006

Hawkeye develops Kastmaster manhole machine.
3

2007

Jamie and Nick Wegner become third generation owners of New Hampton Metal Fab.
4

2008

Hawkeye and Pedershaab merge to become HawkeyePedershaab Concrete Technologies.
Afinitas History 2000
Afinitas-History-2011-2016
1

2011

HawkeyePedershaab introduces ePak packerhead technology.
2

2011

BFS Capitan monolithic manhole base technology hits the market.
3

2013

BFS launches the Ecoresist pipe liner system.
4

2013

HawkeyePedershaab unveils Smartcast robotic monolithic manhole base system.
5

2016

HawkeyePedershaab enters wetcast automation market with its cutting-edge Prima system.
1

2016

BW Forsyth Partners, a Barry-Wehmiller company, acquires HawkeyePedershaab.
2

2017

HawkeyePedershaab and New Hampton Metal Fab join forces.
3

2017

HawkeyePedershaab merges with BFS.
4

2018

HawkeyePedershaab announces formation of Afinitas to serve as the parent company of its infrastructure platform of businesses and names Brad Schmidgall Afinitas CEO.
5

2018

HawkeyePedershaab merges with CAM Sales to bolster its concrete accessories line.
6

2018

Spillman Company joins with Afinitas' New Hampton Metal Fab brand.
7

2020

Afinitas forms three divisions: Equipment and Automation (HawkeyePedershaab and BFS); Forming Systems (New Hampton Metal Fab and Spillman); and Concrete Accessories (CAM, Hawkeye and Spillman accessory products).
2020 Afinitas History update
Caswick-Amifast-Haala-Duncan-2023
1

2021

Caswick Limited Joins Afinitas Concrete Accessories Divison
2

2021

Amifast becomes part of the Afinitas Concrete Accessories Division.
3

2022

Haala Industries joins the Afinitas Concrete Accessories Division.
4

2023

Jason Duncan named Afinitas CEO
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