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A Long-Standing
Commitment to Community and Customer Service
Minnesota Wire & Cable Co. (MWCC), a manufacturer of
custom-made wire and cable assemblies for the medical industry,
today maintains the same commitment to community and customer
service that its founder and CEO, Fred Wagner, held when he
launched the company four decades ago. That commitment, now
instilled in the next generation, led by Fred's son, Paul
Wagner, MWCC president, and daughter, Joan Thompson, executive
vice president/CFO has ensured the continued growth and success
of the family-owned and operated firm.
As a vertically integrated manufacturer, MWCC can take
a customer's idea from concept to project completion in
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Extensive in-house
capabilities make MWCC a one-stop shop. The company's St.
Paul corporate headquarters includes a complete manufactuing
facility with a tool and design shop; full engineering capabilities;
an inside sales force; and extrusion, molding, cut/strip,
and assembly capabilities. The company's second manufacturing
facility, located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, offers coiling,
molding, and assembly.
In 1995 MWCC created a wholly owned subsidiary, MINNESOTA
MED-EQUIP (MME), to handle international sales for pulse-oximeter
sensors, patient cables, and lead wires. MME currently exports
its products to more than 40 countries, and continues to
expand into new geographic markets.
In 1999 MWCC acquired Minnesota Bramstedt Surgical, Inc.,
a company that is dedicated to the repair and manufacture
of surgical instruments. This addition both strengthened
and broadened MWCC's reach into the medical custom-manufacturing
market.
Over the years the Wagner family and MWCC have never strayed
far from their commitment to community and core values.
With revenues more than tripling in the 1990's and approaching
$12 million in 2000, that commitment clearly has paid off.
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 Economic
globalization presents some serious challenges to the manufacturing
industry, but it offers opportunities as well. In this new,
highly competitive business climate, to avoid being swallowed
up by larger competitors small manufacturers need to distinguish
themselves in terms of speed and flexibility--and quality,
of course, is a given. Although international competition
often produces severe price pressures, free trade also opens
up new markets for our products and new opportunities for
qualified outsourcing abroad. With cost-sensitive customers
squeezing out the middleman, manufacturing firms have to recommit
themselves to providing a variety of superior customer services.
When they do, they will be successful players in the world
economy. |
Paul
Wagner, president - Minnesota Wire & Cable Co.
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Minnesota Wire & Cable
Co.'s 28,000-square-foot corporate headquarters is located
at 1835 Energy Park Drive in St. Paul.
For Additional information, contact Minnesota Wire & Cable
Co. at 651-642-1800.
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