henry nagy headquarters waukesha wisconsin united states key people john nagy ceo website www.spancrete.com spancrete is an american manufacturer of precast concrete products and machinery . spancrete produces precast prestressed concrete products that are used in commercial industrial institutional residential and multifamily construction projects in the midwest and southeast . the company also manufactures and sells hollowcore extrusion machines that are used to produce precast concrete internationally . contents 1 history 1.1 west allis concrete products 2 corporate structure 2.1 divisions 2.1.1 spancrete precast products 2.1.2 spancrete global services 2.2 subsidiaries 2.2.1 florida precast industries inc. 2.2.2 spancrete manufacturers association 3 examples 4 references 5 external links history edit west allis concrete products edit in the years following world war ii america was enjoying an unprecedented period of economic prosperity . in 1946 henry nagy and his brother in law arthur hintz founded the west allis concrete products company in west allis wisconsin . the concrete block manufacturer thrived in the rapidly growing economy and was manufacturing as many as 1 000 concrete blocks each day . by 1951 west allis concrete products was receiving high quantity orders to supply concrete block for milwaukee county stadium wisconsin state fair park and kohl s department stores as well as new risers for comiskey park . the company had grown so large that it required expansion and it did so by purchasing genesee sand and gravel company and the farchione block company . in 1953 nagy traveled to germany to examine a unique precast concrete manufacturing machine called a hollowcore extruder . though damaged by a world war ii bomb nagy purchased the extruder and its patents and brought them back to the united states . 1 when the extruder was brought back to the u.s. nagy repaired the machine and began making prestressed precast hollowcore concrete slabs . nagy referred to the slabs as spancrete . 2 corporate structure edit divisions edit spancrete precast products edit spancrete manufactures a variety of architectural and structural precast products including hollowcore plank wall panels beams columns double tees risers balconies and landings bridge girders sound walls and stairs . spancrete global services edit spancrete global services is the division of spancrete responsible for the manufacture and sales of spancrete machines . until january 2012 the machinery division was its own corporation known as spancrete machinery corporation . 3 spancrete global services sells and services spancrete machinery customers in the united states and abroad . internationally spancrete machines are used in russia spain japan egypt korea china australia turkey mexico israel trinidad denmark germany and switzerland . 4 subsidiaries edit florida precast industries inc. edit in march 2007 spancrete purchased florida precast industries inc. the company based in sebring florida produces precast concrete products for residential multifamily commercial industrial and institutional applications . 5 spancrete manufacturers association edit the spancrete manufacturers association is an alliance of corporations that own spancrete machines and produce precast prestressed concrete . the group was formed in 1960 to promote the use of precast prestressed concrete products and building systems worldwide . examples edit spancrete precast products have been used in the construction of the following well known structures and infrastructures miller park bradley center froedtert hospital marquette interchange university of wisconsin madison u.s. 41 6 references edit langill ellen 1998 . spanning a century henry nagy and the story of spancrete 1st ed . . milwaukee chestnut press . p. 153 . isbn 0 9661262 1 1 . rabideau silvers amy . nagy 100 was the force behind spancrete group . milwaukee journal sentinel . jsonline.com . retrieved 30 april 2012 . spancrete launches building innovation and expands spancrete global services . concrete construction . retrieved 30 april 2012 . the spancrete reputation . spancrete machinery.com . retrieved 30 april 2012 . spancrete acquires florida precast firm . the business journal . the business journal . retrieved 30 april 2012 . liebham state senator joseph . spancrete adds jobs in the 9th senate district . retrieved 12 june 2012 . external links edit wisconsin portal companies portal official website spancrete manufacturers association retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spancrete & oldid 647100672 categories construction and civil engineering companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity 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