Northwire Inc

Founded in 1946, Kurt Manufacturing specializes in computer numerical control precision machining, gearing and assembly solutions. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of close tolerance parts and assemblies in the United States. It offers a range of aluminum die casting, screw machining and assembly services. The company provides a variety of gazing, automation and gearing solutions. It owns and operates Kurt Hydraulics, which provides braided, metric, reusable and spiral hose couplings. The company offers vises and industrial compactors. It serves customers in the semiconductor, aerospace, automobile, oil and defense industries. Kurt Manufacturing s customers include IBM, Trane and Polaris.

Operational for more than 40 years, TSI Incorporated specializes in the design and production of precision measurement instruments. The company employs more than 400 professionals at facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. It has partnerships with various research institutions throughout the world. TSI Incorporated offers instruments used for exposure monitoring, contamination control, respirator fit and ventilation testing purposes. The company serves the government and academic sectors. It provides a variety of mass flowmeters, airflow instruments, combustion gas analyzers and biomedical test equipment. TSI Incorporated offers products for filter testing, aerodynamics, aerosol research, and dust and environmental monitoring applications. The company has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification. It operates Environmental Systems Corporation, which is a supplier of products and services for outdoor environmental monitoring processes. TSI Incorporated s subsidiary, DICKEY-john Corporation, is a manufacturer of specialized instrumentation used in the public works and agriculture industries. TSI Incorporated also maintains Tekran Instruments Corporation, which supplies mercury monitory technology solutions.

Minnesota Wire & Cable designs and manufactures electrical interconnect solutions with rapid design-to-delivery of custom interconnect solutions. The company maintains a 30,000-square-foot headquarters in St. Paul, Minn., and a 30,000-square-foot production facility in Eau Claire, Wis. Minnesota Wire & Cable has more than 200 employees to provide services, such as in-house design, engineering and test lab services, which include rapid prototyping and complete tooling and extrusion. The company started as Wagner Consultants Corporation (WCC), a manufacturer s representative firm for general electronic components. After wire and cable products were added to its line in the 1970s, WCC was renamed Minnesota Wire & Cable in 1978. The company added molding machines, a tooling department and extrusion lines. Minnesota Wire & Cable has clients in industries, such as medical devices, defense contracting and telecommunications. Minnesota Bramstedt Surgical, a subsidiary of the company, repairs surgical instruments and is a United States distributor.