Merrow Group Companies

The intelligence layer of the Merrow industrial platform.

Data + AI + Business Logic → Better Commercial Outcomes

Gridstone is built inside Merrow’s 300k sq ft TIGIR campus and Superior’s sewn-products distribution network. MerrowIQ is the platform that sits on top of that stack, turning those signals into search, guidance, and industrial base visibility.

LIVE TELEMETRY // ILLUSTRATIVE DATA
Active SKUs
~72,000+
Dealers
~1,600+
TIGIR Campus
300k sq ft
Status
ONLINE
> Superior.Log.Ingest 14ms
> Merrow.Machine.Telemetry.Connect OK
> Search.Part: "Looper 18-E" Found: 4 Variants

A reference library for the industrial base.

Our mission is to create commercial value for the American industrial base by turning Merrow’s manufacturing, distribution, and documentation footprint into an instrumented, searchable knowledge system for producers, service providers, and their supply chains.

The Distress Signal

Millions of manual downloads and dealer calls create a constant signal: "Help me keep this line running." Combined with an aging mechanic workforce, this is a knowledge cliff threatening US production.

The Gridstone Response

We capture exhaust data from Merrow’s operations. Over time, manuals, parts history, dealer traffic, and telemetry form a reference library that would take decades and hundreds of millions to replicate.

IF WE DON'T DEFINE THE MEASUREMENT STANDARD ON THIS STACK, SOMEONE ELSE'S TELEMETRY PLATFORM WILL.

The stack under Gridstone

Gridstone is the tip of the spear. This is the physics behind it.

Manufacturing

Merrow TIGIR
  • • ~300,000 sq ft in Fall River, MA
  • • Largest cutting operation on the East Coast
  • • Instrumented sewing, kitting, pack-out
  • • Proven surge capacity (e.g., 750k gowns/week)
So What: This is where we prove measurement standards and AI on live jobs before partners see them.

Distribution

Superior Sewing
  • • ~72,000 active SKUs, 200k+ extended
  • • ~1,600 dealers (650 industrial-focused)
  • • Warehouses in MA, LA, Miami; 93 countries
  • • Equivalence graph powered by SB/Universe
So What: The backbone that lets MerrowIQ give dealers evidence-backed swaps, not guesses.

Machines

Merrow Machine Co.
  • • Founded 1838; inventors of the overlock
  • • Robots, stitch systems, ActiveSeam
  • • Deep knowledge of failure modes
So What: We know how these machines fail and get repaired, shaping our telemetry.

Technology

Gridstone / MerrowIQ
  • • Gridstone: Software arm packaging the stack
  • • MerrowIQ: SB/Universe-backed platform
  • • MerrowOS: Internal coordination OS
So What: We expose just enough of this stack to change economics without forcing a rebuild.

Products & Adoption Ladder

01. BASE LAYER

Garage

Registry & Manuals

  • • Register machines
  • • See correct manuals
  • • Log maintenance events
02. AI LAYER

PocketMechanic

Dealer Co-Pilot

  • • Troubleshooting suggestions
  • • Equivalence graph swaps
  • • Reduces unbillable calls
03. SENSOR LAYER

Plant Tier

Live Telemetry

  • • Instrument lines
  • • Monitor runtime/MTBF
  • • Accurate planning
04. STRATEGIC LAYER

Atlas

Aggregated View

  • • Surge capacity view
  • • Supply depth & risk
  • • Compliance status

Input

Telemetry
Signals from TIGIR & Superior

Process

Structured Data
SB/Universe + 185yrs Manuals

Engine

MerrowIQ
Narrow AI: Swaps, Berry, Tiers

Output

Value
Evidence-backed decisions
Everything above leads here

MerrowIQ is intelligence for the industrial base.

MerrowIQ is the intelligence layer for mechanics, factories, suppliers, and defense programs. It pulls manuals, parts data, and telemetry from instrumented facilities into one system so teams can service machines faster, understand the state of their lines, and run more work through the same equipment for less cost.

SB-First Search

Find by machine style, brand + part type, part number, feed system group, or brand + model—the way mechanics and dealers actually think. Each result shows SB price, ETAs, genuine⇔generic swaps, relevant kits, and concise instruction snippets with page citations.

"Example: A dealer gets a call about a 25-year-old overlock that’s eating thread. They search by machine family and symptom; MerrowIQ produces a short list of likely causes, parts, and swaps, with the correct BOM page pre-positioned."

Data, Graph, Guardrails

Built on SB/Universe and the equivalence graph, MerrowIQ uses price_version idempotency and kill-switches (K5/K6/K7) to protect against bad data and runaway behavior. Every recommendation is tied back to a real SKU and resolve_id—the AI never invents parts.

PocketMechanic (Dealer) Request Demo

Guided troubleshooting and parts selection for dealer support teams, backed by SB/Universe.

Garage View (Factory) Request Demo

Registered assets, correct manuals, and parts lists in one place for plant teams.

Atlas (Defense) Restricted

Aggregated, anonymized view of facilities, machines, and supply depth for defense programs.

MerrowIQ Network Scale

50 Facilities 1000 Facilities
742
Active Lines
12,405
Part Searches/Hr
$1.2M (Est. Value / Illustrative)
Prevented Wrong-Part Returns

For Defense & Government

From guesswork to physics-based visibility.

Leveraging Merrow Manufacturing's experience (COVID surge, Berry compliance), Atlas provides the DoD with a structured view of the industrial base.

Sensors and software are monitor-only; no remote machine control.
Request Defense Brief

For Plants & Dealers

Modernization without disruption.

We don't ask you to rebuild your factory or warehouse. We layer intelligence on top of what you already have.

For Plants

  • Digitize paper manuals and tribal knowledge.
  • Identify parts by machine cluster/context.
  • Plan maintenance with real MTBF patterns.

For Dealers

  • Stop unbillable phone support (use PocketMechanic).
  • Reduce wrong-part shipments via equivalence graph.
  • See machine history to anticipate needs.

A repeatable pattern beyond sewn goods.

In other sectors (welding, HVAC, CNC), the playbook is the same: start with the incumbent that holds the corpus and dealer rails, then repeat what we’ve proven in sewn goods.

1. HOLD THE CORPUS 2. BUILD INTERNAL TOOLS 3. OPEN THE INTELLIGENCE LAYER