Our Purpose

What makes The Wittern Group unique

Mission

Our mission is to connect people to machines by delivering innovative, quality solutions that exceed our customers’ expectations and provide an exceptional end-customer experience.

Vision

To transform the automated dispensing industry by providing disruptive technology, equipment, and services that provide an exceptional user experience and create value for customers.

Core Values

At The Wittern Group, the customer is always first. Our employees are our greatest asset and our culture is built upon honesty, diversity, integrity, and empowerment.

About

About

The Wittern Group is a Des Moines, Iowa-based privately held firm founded in 1931. Through our portfolio of companies, The Wittern Group collaborates with clients to help accelerate growth in their businesses. The Wittern Group focuses on providing solutions within the controlled dispending and automatic merchandising markets where we can add substantial value to our clients through our diverse solutions, our experience and our broad network. The Wittern Group leverages the experiences of its management team who have distinguished themselves as successful business executives and thought leaders.

Portfolio Companies

Serving all of your vending needs through our portfolio companies.
Intelligent Dispensing Solutions
Intelligent Dispensing Solutions
Trusted by nine Fortune 50 companies, IDS provides innovative asset control and inventory management solutions powered by cloud-based iQ Technology software.
U-Select-It
U-Select-It
USI is a leading vending solutions provider offering the industry’s most comprehensive range of integrated, full-line vending equipment, services, and technology.
eVending
eVending
eVending is a leading provider of combination vending equipment including the industry’s best-selling combo machine, the Futura Combo, and serves its customers primary through e-commerce.
Vending.com
Vending.com
Vending.com is the factory direct supplier of full-line vending equipment to small and medium-sized businesses and provides non-food, automated retail equipment to national accounts within niche markets.
Selectivend
Selectivend
Selectivend partners with some of the world’s largest wholesale clubs and e-retailers to provide traditional vending equipment to clue and e-retailer member bases across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
Federal Machine
Federal Machine
Through its robust network of Distributors nationwide, Federal Machine provides full-line vending equipment along with location placements to small and medium-sized vending operators.
Vendnet
Vendnet
VendNet USA is your one-stop-source for controlled dispensing and vending equipment support and maintenance including part sales, technical support, and on-site repair.
Federal Finance
Federal Finance
Federal Finance is one of the largest financiers of automatic merchandising equipment assisting small and medium-sized businesses grow their businesses through financing.
Fawn Engineering
Fawn Engineering
Fawn Engineering is the premier automatic merchandising equipment design and development firm with end-to-end capabilities across the product development lifecycle.
Fawn Manufacturing
Fawn Manufacturing
Fawn Manufacturing is one of the largest vending equipment manufacturers in the U.S., manufacturing the most versatile range of controlled dispensing and traditional vending equipment.
Inland Finance Company
Inland Finance Company
Inland Financing Company helps customers obtain the dispensing equipment they need to grow their business through flexible, competitive financing programs.

Our Customers

At The Wittern Group, we feel as if we are a partner with our customers.

At The Wittern Group, you get the best of both worlds: an entrepreneur’s mindset plus reach and resources.