Minnesota Wire, founded in 1968, is a vertically integrated, custom manufacturing and development house for wire, cable and interconnect assemblies to the Medical, Defense and Industrial markets. The company is a market and R&D leader in: electrical signal integrity; low-noise cable; radio-translucent wire; and innovative connections for wearable electronics, patient monitoring systems and leading-edge medical devices. Minnesota Wire has a defense sales division, Minnesota Defense; an R&D Division, Minnovate; and a joint venture with Vectrawire, a service-disabled Veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB).

Recipient of many SBIR grants, Paul Wagner CEO is the 2011 regional winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Technology Division, associated with Defense Alliance, corporate member of AUSA