Northern Cable & Automation, LLC
Doing business as Flex-cable
At a glance
Employees20-99
In business since1961
HeadquartersHoward City, MI
US patents13
SAM.gov UEIYYLTEP842JN9
CAGE code35EQ6
Incorporated inMI
Brands
This company sells these brands.
- motion control
- custom cables
- furnace cables
- resistance welding products
- robot dress-out packages
- components
- bus bars
- injection molding
- metal fabrication
- copper stamping
- automotive
- defense
Named on the company’s own website, read JUL 29, 2026
CareersCareers page — seen SEP 8, 2026
Supplier designations
For Profit OrganizationManufacturer of Goods
Self-certified by the company in its SAM.gov registration
Patents
13 US patents granted 1998–2022, 1 of them in the five years to SEP 2025, including 1 design patent.
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 8Surface technology, coating 1Handling 1Mechanical elements 1Transport 1
- Bendable shielded bus barUS 11,310,948 · granted APR 19, 2022
- Power cable and bus bar with transitional cross sectionsUS 10,460,853 · granted OCT 29, 2019
- Deflection containing electrical conductorUS 9,865,372 · granted JAN 9, 2018
- Pressurized electromechanical cableUS 9,673,606 · granted JUN 6, 2017
- Low inductance electrical transmission cableUS 9,293,240 · granted MAR 22, 2016
Newest 5 shown · Granted to Flex-Cable · PatentsView (USPTO), data through SEP 30, 2025 · CC BY 4.0
Their plant
| Facility | City | State | Employees | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Cable & Automation, LLC | Howard City | MI | 20–99 | ACTIVE |
Compiled from federal records — EPA, OSHA, SAM.gov and the U.S. Census — and from the company’s own website. Federal source data is public domain. Each plant’s page names the source of every field.