Can Advanced match a Fitzgerald Formliners pattern?

Yes. Send a sample, a drawing or a photograph, or have Advanced scan the standing profile on site. Every liner is made to order in Sparta, Wisconsin, and the profile is confirmed with you before any liner is cut.

Does Advanced make single-use and multi-use liners?

Yes. Solocast is the single-use thin brick formliner, Flex2Fit is the multi-use thin brick formliner that seals around brick that varies, and Solocast Seamless pattern liners are built so the sheet joint does not show.

Where are Advanced formliners made?

In Sparta, Wisconsin, at 300 Sherry Lynn Lane. Every liner is made to order there, and thin brick from five makers ships from the same place.

Advanced compared with Fitzgerald

What each company says about itself, row by row, read from formliners.com and this site on 10 September 2026.

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Advanced Formliners plant in Sparta, Wisconsin, from the air — The plant, Sparta, Wisconsin. Advanced Formliners.

Two makers, in their own terms.

Advanced Formliners. Makes concrete formliners to order in Sparta, Wisconsin, and distributes thin brick.

Fitzgerald Formliners. Makes VinyLok, FitzLok, Vac-U-Form, BrickMaster and GrayLastic formliners for tilt-up, precast and cast-in-place work.

Side by side.

Where a fact is not on formliners.com, the cell says so. Nothing here is a claim about anyone's quality or price.

Advanced Formliners and Fitzgerald Formliners, row by row
Row	Advanced Formliners	Fitzgerald Formliners
Where made	Sparta, Wisconsin. Every liner is made to order.	Santa Ana, California.
Liner materials offered	The site names the liner lines: Solocast and Solocast Seamless for single use, Flex2Fit for multi-use. Ask your rep for the material on a given line.	Styrene for single use and ABS plastic for multi-use in the VinyLok and Vac-U-Form lines; solid urethane bonded to plywood in GrayLastic.
Single-use and multi-use lines	Solocast (single-use thin brick formliner), Solocast Seamless (pattern liners) and Flex2Fit (multi-use thin brick formliner).	Vac-U-Form in single-use styrene and multi-use ABS; VinyLok extruded plastic in both; FitzLok single-use plastic; GrayLastic extended-use urethane; BrickMaster single-use.
Thin brick formliner	Yes. Solocast, single-use, and Flex2Fit, multi-use, which seals around brick that varies with no ledge.	Yes. BrickMaster, a single-use thin brick gasket system for tilt-up and precast.
Seamless or sheet-joint approach	Solocast Seamless pattern liners are built so the sheet joint does not show, with starter and ender sheets so nothing is trimmed in the bed.	FitzLok is an interlocking finger-jointed system with keyed ends and an overlapping grout joint, for masonry and stone patterns. BrickMaster gasket panels overlap. GrayLastic joints are filled and sanded.
Pattern families offered	Stone, brick and masonry, wood, fluted and ribbed, geometric, and custom.	Fluted rib, fractured rib, geometric, masonry, sandblast, stone and rock, wooden texture and plank.
Custom pattern from a drawing	Yes. From a drawing, a photo or a physical sample. The profile is confirmed before any liner is cut.	Yes. "Custom projects are welcome", with CAD files available for any pattern.
Matching an existing profile by scan	Yes. Advanced scans a standing structure on site, pattern, texture and depth, and replicates the profile.	Not stated on their site.
Spec sheets without a form	Yes. Every pattern and model spec sheet downloads with no form.	Yes. Cut sheets download from each pattern page, and specification documents from the architects page, with no form.
Thin brick distribution	Thin brick from five makers, with exclusive US rights to King Klinker.	No brands named. BrickMaster is described as taking brick from any manufacturer.
Accessories for brick beds	Yes. Caulkless corners and returns, arches and arch returns, underlayment and banding courses, indexed to the brick coursing.	BrickMaster corner panels, extended corner panels, edge caps and reveal strips are listed with the patterns. Arches are not stated.
Calculators and tools	Specification builder, spec hub, brick calculator, brick and liner matcher, liner sheet calculator, draft and depth checker, pattern compare, sample box, and a lead time and freight quote.	Not stated on their site.
CEU courses	Yes. Lunch and learn sessions, ALA and AIA approved and meeting NCARB standards, in person or virtual, and a plant tour.	Not stated on their site.
Countries served	United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and jobs around the world.	Not stated on their site.

Eastern buff dry stack stone formliner sample panel on a pallet

Any pattern, made to order

Advanced will match a pattern a specifier already knows from any maker, Fitzgerald Formliners included, from a sample, a drawing or a scan.

Custom and matched patterns

Thin brick formliner in the Roman format, a pocket for every brick and a rib for every joint

The labor is in the edges

Corners, returns and arches come as parts indexed to the brick coursing, so the bed goes together without cutting them from scrap.

Accessories for brick beds

Three questions, answered.

Can Advanced match a Fitzgerald Formliners pattern?: Yes. Send a sample, a drawing or a photograph, or have Advanced scan the standing profile on site. Every liner is made to order in Sparta, Wisconsin, and the profile is confirmed with you before any liner is cut.
Does Advanced make single-use and multi-use liners?: Yes. Solocast is the single-use thin brick formliner, Flex2Fit is the multi-use thin brick formliner that seals around brick that varies, and Solocast Seamless pattern liners are built so the sheet joint does not show.
Where are Advanced formliners made?: In Sparta, Wisconsin, at 300 Sherry Lynn Lane. Every liner is made to order there, and thin brick from five makers ships from the same place.

Sources, checked 10 September 2026

Every Fitzgerald Formliners cell was read from these pages on that date. Their site may have changed since. The Advanced column repeats what this site already says.

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