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.
Our global manufacturing footprint provides flexibility to deliver unique value to our customers:
Our Vision
Global Leadership in Engineered Motion Controls.
Our Purpose
Core Values
Our daily dedication to quality and excellence is driven by our core values which defines our culture, the behaviors we respect and expect in interactions with each other, our partners, and our community:
People are the company.
Commitment to mutual respect and teamwork.
Professional and ethical conduct.
Continual improvement.
Growth and prosperity.
Growth and prosperity are foundational to our values and purpose. We hold ourselves accountable to customers, shareholders, the community, and suppliers for achieving superior performance by expecting excellence in everything we do.
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.
History
Our rich history as a reliable provider of value-added engineered motion control solutions which encompasses control cables, cable assemblies, rod ends, ball joints, linkages, and remote actuation products dates all the way back to the 1920s. Supported by our design assistance and outstanding customer service, this has enabled a tradition of growth and quality achievements gaining market share in a diverse base of end markets including engine controls, power sports, light vehicle, heavy truck, marine, construction, and agriculture industries. Today, with limitless possibilities, versatility, applications, and engineered solutions, we continue propelling the world forward, safely and reliably.
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J.J. Tourek Manufacturing Co. founded in Chicago, IL manufacturing precision screw machine parts, including ball joints and pipe plugs
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CMA is acquired by Torque Capital Group to offer strategic, operational, and financial resources to accelerate the building of long-term value.
CMA acquires the assets of Glassmaster Controls, a designer and manufacturer of mechanical cables, controls, and actuation assemblies strengthening core product offerings while expanding into new end markets.
CMA acquires Cablecraft Motion Controls, bringing together two iconic brands in mechanical motion controls creating a global leader in the design and manufacture of engineered motion controls.
2022
CMA announces rebrand, changes name to Cablecraft Motion Control
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.