FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Press Release
Chip Laingen
Minnesota Wire & Cable Co.
St. Paul, Minnesota
Phone: 651-642-1800

Minnesota Wire & Cable Acquires New Production Facility

In response to its rapidly expanding business in numerous markets, Minnesota Wire & Cable Co. has acquired a 58,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The building, built in 2000, is on a 4.6- acre lot with an additional 2.1 acres south of the building. It is conveniently located for customer access in Gateway Industrial Park near Interstate Highway 94 in Eau Claire.

The acquisition of the new factory building more than doubles the production capacity of the company. Revenues for 2007 have increased by nearly a third as MWCC continues to have a record-breaking year. The company was recognized by Twin Cities Busines Magazine as the “Best Move” in manufacturing for its embrace of high technology government R&D that has led to innovative products such as “stretchy wire.”

The new space will also provide for the current and future focused work cell needs of the increasingly demanding and diverse customer base of MWCC. Recent projects have included a multi-million dollar manufacturing order for interconnect systems on the Army’s new MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle system, and a host of custom orders for the medical and other markets. Production will begin in earnest in the new production facility in late 2007.

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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.