NORTHWIRE, the manufacturer of cables "made by LEMO", celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Ormund Kravik founded NORTHWIRE in 1972 in Osceola, Wisconsin. The company's name and its logo (a compass) are a tribute to the founder's native country, Norway.
 

LEMO connector and Northwire cable manufacturer are pleased to announce the opening of the  manufacturing companies’ new European warehouse: the European Distribution Center (EDC). Designed for rapid customer response, it is ideally located at LEMO's Benelux facility in the Netherlands.This entity will offer specialised inventory programs, fast delivery and custom cable services as well as technical support. Both manufacturers and their customers will benefit from the advantages provided by a centralised and responsive EDC, which is expected to be fully operational in the second quarter of 2015.

LEMO has acquired Northwire, Inc., (NWI) a US specialty cable manufacturer of wire and multi-conductor cable and retractiles for the medical, aerospace and defense, energy and industrial markets.