Minnesota Wire & Cable Co. Involved in Top Priority U.S. Army Project
St. Paul, MN, 1/24/03 -- Minnesota Wire & Cable Co. (MWCC) is an ISO 9001 certified vertically integrated manufacturer of custom-made wire and cable assemblies. MWCC serves customers throughout the world in all types of industries including Defense Contracting, Medical Devices and Telecommunications. The company stresses customer relationships and a commitment to the community that its founder, Fred Wagner, held when he launched the company four decades ago.

As a custom manufacturing house, MWCC prides itself upon the ability to take a customer's concept from design to delivery. MWCC's corporate headquarters includes its development center, a complete manufacturing facility with an in-house tool and design shop, and full engineering capabilities. In addition, the St. Paul headquarters includes wire and cable extrusion, molding and cut, strip and termination options.

Eau Claire, Wisconsin is home to MWCC's manufacturing facility and offers coiling, molding and assembly. Both facilities have combined to offer unique advantages to MWCC's customers including project development, custom shielding and cabling expertise and quick-turn tooling, molding and stamping. These, along with other MWCC competitive advantages, have allowed MWCC's customers to get their products to market quickly.

MWCC has been involved with one of the Unites States Army's top priority programs - The Land Warrior (LW) System. LW is a first generation modular, integrated fighting system for infantry soldiers and soldiers in support of the close fight. LW combines an assortment of up-to-date commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)/government-off-the-shelf (GOTS) technologies, with some newly developed components and technologies to create a lethal, survivable soldier system linked into the digitized battlefield. LW combines computers, lasers, geolocation and radios with soldiers' mission equipment to achieve the Army Vision of enhancing the individual soldier's close combat lethality, survivability and tactical awareness.

MWCC joined the Land Warrior Project in October of 2001 and has since added its design and manufacturing processes to the program. With Minnesota Wire & Cable Company's help, the Land Warrior System has improved in vital areas including ruggedness, reliability and usability. The system is now in continued testing and is scheduled for production in 2004. For its participation in this program, MWCC received recognition from top Military personnel.

MWCC is excited to be a part of the defense contracting arena and the opportunity it lends the company to assist the best army in the free world. For more information on Minnesota Wire & Cable Co. please visit www.mnwire.com or call 1-800-258-6922.

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