Company Profile

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Manufacturing Insulated Wire and Cable For Over 35 Years

The James Monroe Corporation is a privately held company with over thirty-five years experience manufacturing electronic and electrical wire and cable products.
Since its founding, James Monroe Wire and Cable Corporation (JMWC) has focused on a series of capital investments to incorporate more stringent quality measures while also focusing on ways to enhance efficiency and streamline production. These upgrades include multiple production facility expansions, new machinery, specialized enterprise business software, quality system enhancements and extensive personnel recruitment. Today, the company continues to provide high quality products and service to customers while expanding its product line, capabilities and capacity.

The company was established in August of 1977 by Martin Fisher with a vision for providing a quality product custom-tailored to the customer’s need, no matter how large in scale or how intricate. Fisher was no stranger to starting new ventures, especially those named for famous presidents. Prior to starting the James Monroe Wire and Cable Corporation, Martin Fisher started Madison Cable after cutting his teeth in the wire and cable industry at Jefferson Cable. This entrepreneurial spirit lives on today, and it is shared with employees: the company established an employee stock ownership plan, or an ESOP, giving each member of the team a stake in the company’s success. Today, 33% of the company is owned by its employees. That success is most obvious in both the expansive list of markets served by James Monroe and a commitment to innovation at the company’s long-standing headquarters in northern Worcester County. While the company relies on its skilled workforce to implement traditional approaches to wire and cable manufacturing, it has made investments in recent years to modernize its inventory tracking system and create additional manufacturing and storage capacity. Improvements to the facility have enabled James Monroe to optimize productivity and achieve higher levels of efficiency by reducing their inventory of raw materials.

For its clients in industries ranging from electrical, electronic and specialty communications to renewable energy, military and industrial, investments like these are emblematic of why the firm continues to be a strategic resource in supply chain logistics: a track record of proven processes and a willingness to make investments that preserve James Monroe’s reputation for quality while building on its core competencies. Today, these differentiators are why customers rely on James Monroe for both application specific electrical and electronic cables as well as specialty and custom wire and cable products.

The products manufactured at the 100,000Ft² plant in Lancaster, Massachusetts include a wide variety of common and custom wire and cable products that meet and exceed industry standards such as UL, CSA, IEEE, NEC, NEMA, ICEA and others. The company manufactures a wide range insulated wire products for most major Commercial, Industrial, Energy and Specialty Military markets that are reached primarily through OEM and Distribution.

Progress & Success

In an era where James Monroe Wire and Cable (JMWC) products are found everywhere from elevators and massive industrial lift systems to modern 2.5MW wind turbines and large solar arrays, it’s fair to say the industry has changed. But the bottom line – high quality products that endure rigorous use – has remained constant. The company has thrived by not only over-servicing longstanding revenue channels but also servicing new emerging markets large and small. It’s this forward-thinking approach that has positioned the company to adapt quickly to change and take advantage of new opportunities.