ABOUT NUBRIC

A LASTING LEGACY.

In 1950, New Ulm's biggest employer, The Eagle Roller Mill was nearing the tail-end of its existence, so 39 New Ulm men and women invested nearly $100,000 or their own money to form New Ulm Industries, NUBRIC's predecessor. Their first initiative was to acquire land to construct a new manufacturing building that would hopefully attract new businesses to New Ulm. Below you can see the businesses that have come to New Ulm with NUBRIC's assistance.

DIFFERENT STRUCTURES, SAME MISSION.

Eagle Roller Mill 1856-1952

Eagle Roller Mill Company was the 2nd largest grain roller mill in Minnesota. At its peak it employed nearly 400 workers.
Business Men Invest 1953

Thirty-nine New Ulm businessmen raise nearly $100,000 to purchase property for prospective companies. New Ulm Industries is formed.
Kraft Breaks Ground 1954

Ground is broken and excavation begins for Kraft Inc. Today, Kraft employs 500 workers.
Webcor Comes 1954

The Webcor Building is constructed to produce motor windings. This building would eventually become home of Windings, Inc. Windings currently employs around 300 people.
Borden Building 1955

The Borden Building opens in New Ulm. It would later become home to Associated Milk Producers, Inc. (AMPI), one of New Ulm's top manufacturing employers today.
3M 1962

3M began operations in New Ulm when it purchased a 33,000 sq. ft. building on 60 acres in 1962. The first production line at this site made electrical connectors.
NUEDC 1996

New Ulm Industries changes its corporate name to the New Ulm Economic Development Corporation, or NUEDC.
Beacon Promotions 2003

Beacon Promotions opens in 2003 with help from NUEDC. Today, they are a major employer in town.
NUBRIC 2022

NUEDC changes its name to the New Ulm Business Resource and Innovation Center.

ABOUT OUR CEO, PAUL WESSEL

Mr. Wessel has spent the past 31 years involved in different disciplines of industrial and healthcare automation. He has held different executive leadership roles in sales, marketing, and new product/intellectual property development within large and medium sized corporations. As an inventor and entrepreneur, Mr. Wessel has successfully built and sold several medical device companies.

In 2003, Mr. Wessel received the Tekne Award from The Minnesota High Technology Association as Innovator of the Year for an emerging company. In 2012, he was recognized by the Engineering Society of Detroit by being awarded the Alpha Award for Medical Innovation. In 2013, he received the Seelye Lecture Fellowship from the Bio Engineering Sciences Division at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. In 2014, he received a governor's appointment to the Minnesota Assistive Technology Council. In 2018, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Concordia University.

Mr. Wessel has been issued six United States Patents with five additional domestic and international patents still pending. Mr. Wessel’s groundbreaking work in automating healthcare, data acquisition, and patient care coordination has been extensively covered on domestic and international television and print media including, Business Week, CNN Headline News, National Public Radio, Die Deutche Zeitung, ZTV, MSNBC, USA Today, and The Washington Post.

Mr. Wessel received his BA cum laude from Concordia University, St. Paul, MN and a Mini Masters in Business from St. Thomas University. He has also served as Adjunct faculty for the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and invited lecturer at University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. Mr. Wessel also serves as an advisory board member to Treatment.com, a publicly traded medical AI company from Vancouver, Canada.