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		FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Press Release Joan C. Thompson Minnesota Wire & Cable Co. Phone: 651-642-1800 St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota Wire & Cable Co. adds Jerry Dettinger to Board of Directors Saint Paul, MN (Jan. 29, 2007) – Local manufacturing company, Minnesota Wire & Cable Co. (MWCC) proudly announces the addition of Jerry Dettinger to its Board of Directors. In 1980 Dettinger co-founded ParaBody, Inc. took it to $24 million in revenue and in 1998 sold it to Brunswick Corp., the world’s largest manufacturer of recreational equipment. After managing the Life Fitness Consumer Division for 3 years he founded Breaking Through. The company mission was to help start up companies pursue the American Dream. Dettinger has served on boards such as Octane Fitness, Post Press Xpress and Torque Fitness as Chairman. The MWCC Board has 4 additional outside members, Joan C. Thompson, Executive Vice President/CFO and Paul J. Wagner, Chairman/CEO. Wagner states “Jerry brings significant experiences from his impressive past. His entrepreneurial roots come through with passion and ethics.” BACK... Minnesota Wire & Cable Co. (MWCC) is a vertically integrated, custom manufacturing and development house for wire, cable and interconnect assemblies to the Medical, Defense, Instrumentation and Telecommunications industries. MWCC is a market and R&D leader in mitigating tribo-electric effects, radio translucent wire, and innovative connections for wearable electronics, patient monitoring systems, leading-edge medical devices and extruded wire products. Minnesota Defense, the R&D and defense sales division executes high technology R&D, including projects such as Smart Connector for in-situ wire diagnostics and Komodo stretchy wire for body-borne vests and other applications. MWCC has a surgical products subsidiary, Minnesota Bramstedt Surgical, and a joint venture with Primordial, an in-house software development firm. The 30,000 square foot headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota boasts a full R&D and test and measurement center (including and Electromagnetic Capabilities (EMC chamber for electronic compliance testing). Another high-volume, 30,000 square foot focused-cell production facility is located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. MWCC is ISO 9001: 2000 certified, ISO 13485: 2003 compliant, ROHS compliant, and is a MIL-STD and IPC-620 certified harness manufacturer. Additional information on MWCC, its products and capabilities is available at www.mnwire.com or 1-800-258-6922.

Minnesota Wire & Cable Co. adds Jerry Dettinger to Board of Directors