CMI History
1964
Doors opened. Started with a punch press, bandsaw, lathe, slitter and lab ovens. Took our first order for Nomex slitting used in lift magnets.
1971
Henry P. (Bud) Evans takes over as new president. Brought oil-filled transformer industry knowledge from a previous employer. Began producing transformer board sticks and coating press board with adhesive.
1972
Bud purchased the company and focused the business on manufacturing. Began producing transformer spacer sticks on paper (STP) for distribution transformers as the only independent North American supplier.
1973
Broke ground on a new 20,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility. Added high-volume stamping capability. Developed stick-to-paper (STP) equipment for oil-filled transformers.
1975-2003
A series of acquisitions added capabilities, equipment, customers and people. These acquisitions included: JV Enterprises; Insulcom, Crishon and Beljon; and Midwest Circuit Products. Plant expanded to 55,000 sq. ft.
2005
Expanding sales outside of North and South America, CMI begins supplying components to Europe and Asia.
2006
Quality management system formally registered to ISO 9001:2000 standard.
2008
Quality management system registered to ISO 9001:2008 standard and was also recognized as a Certified Supplier to a major military contractor.
2012
Lean/Six Sigma Implementation.
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CMI customer testimonials
… you and your entire team impressed me a great deal with this last project and I am not easily impressed!
CMI provided retaining ring liners for a new generator design however our engineers missed a change and they need to be longer. Because of the urgency of the project I called CMI on a Saturday to leave a message for Monday, but Debby answered.
As a result CMI immediately started working on solving our problem.
Thank you for the innovative design and the quality product. We could not have made this work without your help.