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Card-Monroe Corp. (CMC)

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Made by: Charles Monroe and Lewis Card Jr.; joined by Lewis Card Sr. and Roy Card
Date: founded 1981 (as Charles Monroe Company); Card-Monroe 1983
Place: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Held by: Card-Monroe Corp. (CMC)
Themes: Tools & equipment, Machine tufting & Dalton

View at the source Cited in chapter 5, notes 33, 40 Cited in chapter 12, note 11

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Charles Monroe and Lewis Card Jr.; joined by Lewis Card Sr. and Roy Card. “Card-Monroe Corp. (CMC),” founded 1981 (as Charles Monroe Company); Card-Monroe 1983. Card-Monroe Corp. (CMC). cardmonroe.com/about-us.

Research notes

Company history: roots in the Cobble brothers' 1930s bedspread machinery; Roy Card and Lewis Card Sr., the Cobbles' nephews, started at Cobble in the 1940s (an obituary says Lewis joined in 1939). Charles Monroe Company was founded in 1981 by Charles Monroe and Lewis Card Jr.; it became Card-Monroe in 1983 when Lewis and Roy Card invested. Milestones: 300th machine 1987, Command Performance 1989, Infinity 2002, ColorPoint 2009, Tailored Loop 2019, Hollow Needle 2023; says 2,500+ machines in 38 countries. The Card brothers hold 100+ tufting patents; Lewis Sr. died in 2017 aged 96. Why it matters: a major current US builder of broadloom tufting machines and the carrier of the Cobble–Card family line (see pat-us2935037a, pat-us2975736a). Dates: 1981 (company, Textile Excellence) agrees; milestone counts are company figures. Other pages with images: https://www.cardmonroe.com/innovation · https://www.cardmonroe.com/machines Independent sources: https://floordaily.net/?p=25974 · https://www.utc.edu/gary-w-rollins-college-of-business/news-and-events/entrepreneurship-hall-of-fame/2010 · https://textileexcellence.com/single-news/5676/card-monroe-corp-the-undisputed-world-leader-in-tufting-technology Research note (Oct 2026): facts taken from search-result summaries; the pages themselves weren't opened. Check the cited pages before quoting.