We’ve combined two leaders in motion controls – Cable Manufacturing & Assembly and Cablecraft – to create a global leader in engineered motion controls. Two iconic brands, one new identity and one purpose:
Safely connecting a world in motion through excellence in engineered motion controls that create growth and prosperity for our customers, associates and shareholders.
We are Cablecraft, the leader in Engineered Motion Controls. Our customers rely on our knowledge, communication, efficiency, and diversity of resources to meet their unique product needs. Our friendly, attentive staff responds proactively with an unmatched level of service, delivering high quality, tailored solutions as strong catalysts for our customers’ success.
From our modest roots in Rockaway, New Jersey starting with only a few employees, today, Cablecraft is a market leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance, mission-critical motion control products with a strong reputation for quality and innovation. We have a rich history of delivering cost-efficient and reliable control cables (push and push-pull), rod ends, ball joints, linkages and remote actuation products.
Our customers have relied on our superior engineering, guaranteed product quality, complete reliability and excellent customer service for their critical applications. This has led to a tradition of growth and quality achievements for Cablecraft.
We strive to be the recognized leader in each market that we serve through:
Engineered Solutions
Our application engineers and manufacturing experts work together with your technical and operations teams. Together, we create the best motion control solutions for your applications. Our experts help yours by applying standard products, customized products, or developing completely new designs. Therefore, not only can we build the control cables or motion control components you need, but we’ll also deliver them to you ready to install. You then save time and reduce production complexity.
Broad Product Offering
First, our product line is diverse. Control cables (push and push-pull), rod ends, ball joints, mechanical linkages and remote actuation products. Cablecraft can engineer a multitude of solutions to fulfill your motion control needs. Second, our products are built to demanding standards by a team of people who understand your specific application requirements. Finally, our engineers are eager to develop motion control components, assemblies, and turnkey systems that give you a decisive advantage.
Quality and Flexibility in Manufacturing
Cablecraft has continued to utilize innovative manufacturing and assembly techniques to meet our customers’ requirements and exceed their expectations.
In our over seventy years of designing and manufacturing control cables, cable assemblies, rod ends, ball joints, linkages, and remote actuation products, our design engineers have developed an extensive line of proprietary components to reduce design time, assure product performance, minimize tooling costs, and reduce total product costs.
Where We Are Going
Our Vision |
Global Leadership in Engineered Motion ControlsWe are Cablecraft, the leader in engineered motion controls. Our customers rely on our knowledge, communication, efficiency, and diversity of resources to meet their unique product needs. Our friendly, attentive staff responds proactively with an unmatched level of service, delivering high-quality, tailored solutions as strong catalysts for our customers’ success. With limitless possibilities, versatility, applications, and engineered solutions, we are propelling the world forward, reliably and safely. |
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What We Do
Our Purpose |
We safely connect a world in motion through excellence in engineered motion controls, delivering value to our customers, associates, and shareholders. Cablecraft puts powerful control and safety in the hands of the world’s drivers, pilots, and equipment operators. |
How We Behave
Our Behaviors |
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With limitless possibilities, versatility, applications, and engineered solutions, we are propelling the world forward, reliably, safely, no matter the industry and whatever the challenge. Offering proprietary or customized control cables, rod ends, ball joints, linkage assemblies, and remote actuation products, you get superior engineering support, guaranteed product quality, and complete reliability, and excellent service, the Cablecraft way.
More Than 75 Years of Motion Control Experience
Cablecraft's history brings together decades of engineering, manufacturing, quality, and motion control expertise. The milestones below show how the company developed from several specialized manufacturers into a connected supplier of engineered motion control solutions.
| Year | Milestone | What Changed |
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| 1920 | Early component manufacturing began | J.J. Tourek Manufacturing Co. was founded in Chicago, manufacturing precision screw-machine components, including ball joints and pipe plugs. |
| 1949 | Cablecraft was founded | Cablecraft began operations in Tacoma, Washington, manufacturing aircraft cable assemblies. |
| 1954–1957 | Ball-joint capabilities expanded | Superior Ball Joint Corp. was founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1954. Tuthill acquired Cablecraft and Superior Ball Joint Corp. in 1957. |
| 1967–1974 | Additional motion control businesses formed | Bristow Controls was founded in England in 1967. Cable Manufacturing and Assembly, or CMA, was founded in Rockaway, New Jersey, in 1974 to provide light-duty cable assemblies. |
| 1975 | Cable Assembler Network launched | The first Cable Assembler Network location opened, expanding access to local cable assembly and distribution support. |
| 1984–1990 | Manufacturing capabilities and reach grew | The businesses expanded their automotive and motion control capabilities through new manufacturing processes, acquisitions, and the growth of CMA's Bolivar, Ohio, operation. |
| 2004–2008 | Cable and linkage operations were consolidated | Tuthill Controls Group combined its cable assembly and linkage businesses. CMA also strengthened its quality systems, developed additional high-temperature linkage capabilities, and expanded its international reach. |
| 2010 | Cablecraft Motion Controls was established | Madison Industries acquired Tuthill Controls Group and adopted the Cablecraft Motion Controls name. |
| 2014–2019 | Quality and longevity milestones | CMA celebrated 40 years in business, earned IATF 16949 certification, and Cablecraft marked 70 years of providing motion control products. |
| 2021 | Cablecraft and CMA were brought together | Torque Capital Group acquired CMA. CMA subsequently acquired the assets of Glassmaster Controls and Cablecraft Motion Controls, bringing complementary mechanical motion control capabilities together. |
| 2022 | A unified Cablecraft brand was introduced | CMA announced its rebrand under the Cablecraft identity, creating a more unified market presence for the combined organization. |
| 2024 | Product and market capabilities expanded | Cablecraft acquired Radial Bearing and RG Rollin Co., adding specialized linkage products, rod ends, spherical bearings, and ball bearing control cable capabilities. |
| 2025 | Linkage products consolidated under Radial Bearing | Cablecraft combined its linkage portfolio with Radial Bearing, creating a more focused product identity for rod ends, spherical bearings, and engineered linkage solutions. |
Engineering Resources & Design Guides
Our engineering team has applied their years of industry experience to develop resource documentation for each of our product lines.
Cable Assembly Network
Our Worldwide Cable Assembler Network can help you with your mechanical motion control solutions.
Online Catalog
Don’t need a custom design? Download our digital catalog to see all of our available cable and linkage assemblies.