Inc. Magazine Selects Northwire–NWI Lab 360 as One of the Fastest-Growing Companies in America

Osceola, WI, August 22, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Northwire, Inc. (NWI), today announced their inclusion to Inc. magazine’s 2012 list of 5000 fastest-growing private companies in America. To support their rapid expansion, Northwire-NWI Lab 360 recently opened a professional sales engineering center to serve exponential growth in the Western U.S. Northwire-NWI Lab 360 is the premier partner for the design, manufacture and contract services of custom wire and cable technical products for diverse markets. NWI Lab 360 leverages professional certifications in Six SigmaÒ, Lean, Project Management and the American Society for Quality to optimize design, manufacturing and quality to achieve highest quality and the shortest lead times for any volume.

Inc. magazine’s, Editor in Chief, Eric Schurenberg writes, “…your company had to thrive through three of the toughest years this economy has seen in living memory. Your success in such times is eloquent testimony to your team’s creativity, resilience, and tenacity.”

“Given the nearly seven million, private companies in America, we are very pleased to receive this honor from Inc. magazine,” explains Michael Conger, president. “Known for our quality, rapid response and longevity, the NWI team credits our successes to our loyal customers and their many, many referrals over the years as well as our strategic supply chain partners,” says Conger.

Earlier this month, NWI opened their third and newest regional location. “The strategic position of our new Professional Sales Engineering Center located in Carson City, Nevada fortifies our ability to serve customers in the Western U.S. with even more velocity,” explains Conger. “We are truly excited to expand our rapid response reach to the Western U.S., and meet our customers’ exact requirements for custom products and contract manufacturing,” states Conger.

From Concept to Completion, NWI sales engineers engage with customers through every process phase from R&D, new product development, prototype, pilot models, clinical trials, low volume through high volume production, life-cycle innovation and logistics.

Northwire offers same day custom products, no minimum order quantity, quotes in 24 hours or less, rapid solutions for connectors, assemblies and contract manufacturing.

Northwire is ISO 13485:2003- and ISO 9001:2008-certified and is engaged in professional company-wide certifications in Six SigmaÒ, Lean, Project Management, and American Society for Quality. The company’s quality control laboratory is a self-qualified CSA testing facility under ISO 17025. This laboratory subjects the company’s products to tests that surpass real-world conditions, including the extremes of bending, flexing, flame, impact, crush, oil, and temperature resistance. ITAR registered, Northwire’s CAGE Code is 7V821. Northwire also maintains various UL, cUL, CSA, NFPA, ANSI, ABS, IEEE, and MSHA approvals and works closely with strategic supply chain partners to offer FDA-approved and RoHS2- and REACH-compliant and food grade materials.

Northwire, Inc., celebrating over 40 years of innovation, is a registered woman-owned small business with corporate headquarters and manufacturing in Osceola, Wisconsin, a professional sales engineering center in Carson City, Nevada and manufacturing in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The company is the premier partner for the design, manufacture and contract services of custom technical products including cable, retractiles, assemblies, connectors, harnesses and contract manufacturing for diverse applications in life sciences, energy, government, industrial, machine vision, lighting, underwater, and more. Northwire is a member of NDIA (National Defense Industrial Association), NCMA (National Contract Management Association), RIA (Robotics Industries Association), AIA (Automated Imaging Association), Fieldbus Foundation, ODVA (Open DeviceNet Vendors Associations) and WAI (Wire Association International), among others.