What Windings does

Windings Inc. is a 100% employee-owned (ESOP) custom electromagnetic solutions manufacturer founded in 1965 and headquartered in New Ulm, Minnesota. The company designs and manufactures custom electric motors, generators, rotors, and stators engineered for mission-critical applications across seven verticals: aerospace, defense, oil & gas, energy, motorsports, medical, and robotics. Core technology includes the DuraCORE™ product line featuring GORE Magnet Wire from W.L. Gore & Associates, enabling operation at temperatures up to 260°C and pressures up to 30,000 psi — capabilities validated in field tests showing 10x longer operational life versus industry-standard polyimide wire motors. Additional technical differentiators include a dedicated Clean Space manufacturing environment (for aerospace/space FOD prevention), concurrent manufacturing methodology, ultra-high-speed motor capability up to 100,000 RPM, and 500+ years of combined engineering experience across the employee-owner base.

Windings operates an end-to-end business model spanning design analysis, electromagnetic simulation (SolidWorks, SPEED, Motorsolve, Maxwell), prototyping, and full-scale manufacturing — with US-based production at New Ulm, MN (140,000+ sq ft) supplemented by a West Coast facility in Moorpark, CA (acquired as McCully Corporation in November 2022) and a nearshore manufacturing hub in Tijuana, Mexico (60,000 sq ft facility as of 2025, acquired as Baja Border Maquila in 2024). Annual production capacity reaches 50,000+ pieces. Revenue is generated through custom project quoting (no public pricing) on multi-year contracts, alongside engineering services and Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) optimization. The company maintains rigorous quality certifications including ISO 9001:2015/AS9100-D, ITAR registration, NADCAP welding accreditation, and J-STD-001 soldering certification. Its customer roster spans major OEMs and defense primes — Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies, Northrop Grumman, Honeywell, Airbus, Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Weatherford, Stryker, BorgWarner, Moog, Parker, and Sierra Space among others — and the company offers customers the option to retain IP rights on custom designs, a differentiator versus typical contract manufacturers. Leadership includes President & CEO Heather Braimbridge and VP of Operations Rudy Stanglmaier; the ESOP structure (created 1998, fully employee-owned since 2008) is central to the company's operating identity.

Name

Windings

Legal name

Windings Inc.

Website

https://windings.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Windings Inc. is a 100% employee-owned (ESOP) custom electromagnetic solutions manufacturer designing and producing electric motors, generators, rotors, and stators for mission-critical aerospace, defense, oil & gas, energy, motorsports, medical, and robotics applications since 1965.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Electric Motors and Electromagnetic Components

NAICS

Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing (3336), Electrical Equipment Manufacturing (3353)

SIC

Motors & Generators (3621), Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620)

akta.pro primary industry

Linear Motion & Mechanical Power Transmission (Ball/roller screws, linear guides, bearings, couplings) (IMAHAGAM)

Keywords

• Custom electric motors
• Electromagnetic manufacturing
• Generator production services
• Rotor stator assembly
• Aerospace motor engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

New Ulm

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Electric Motor Manufacturing: Design, prototyping, and full-scale manufacturing of custom electromagnetic solutions including electric motors, generators, rotors, and stators for mission-critical applications. Volume scales from single prototypes to 50,000+ pieces per year.
2. Engineering Services: Comprehensive engineering services including design analysis, simulation (SolidWorks, SPEED, Motorsolve, Maxwell), prototyping, and manufacturing process documentation. Customers can retain ownership of unique intellectual property developed for their application.
3. Manufacturing Optimization & DFMA: Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) analysis to optimize existing motor designs for cost-effective, high-volume production, reducing lifecycle costs and eliminating component obsolescence.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Windings designs and manufactures custom electromagnetic solutions including electric motors, generators, rotors, and stators for mission-critical applications. Production volumes span single prototypes to over 50,000 units per year, serving aerospace, defense, oil & gas, energy, motorsports, medical, and robotics customers. The company complements its manufacturing with engineering services supporting design, prototyping, and manufacturing optimization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DuraCORE™: Product line of rugged electric motors designed for harsh environments, featuring GORE Magnet Wire technology for extreme temperature (up to 260°C), high pressure (up to 30,000 psi), and superior chemical/hydrolysis resistance. Includes D-Series pre-engineered downhole motors.

Products and services

• Custom Electric Motors

Quantifiable outcome

• DuraCORE motors operate 10x longer than motors with regular polyimide wire in field tests
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Baja Border Maquila (now Windings Mexico)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 1 January 2024Windings acquired Mexico-based Baja Border Maquila (BBM) in 2024, renaming it Windings Mexico. This nearshore manufacturing alliance supports high-volume production scaling up to 50,000 pieces per year while maintaining AS9100 Rev D and ITAR-compliant quality standards. In 2025, Windings Mexico moved into a new 60,000 square foot facility.
• McCully Corporation (now Windings Moorpark)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 30 November 2022Windings acquired McCully Corporation on November 30, 2022, renaming it Windings Moorpark. The acquisition expanded Windings' manufacturing capacity on the West Coast and enhanced electromagnetic solutions for high-tech electric motor applications, accelerating deliveries for customers in target industries.
• W.L. Gore & AssociatescoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2021Windings partnered with W.L. Gore & Associates to develop the DuraCORE™ product line of extreme-environment electric motors. The partnership utilizes GORE Magnet Wire — featuring revolutionary insulation with hydrolysis resistance, high-temperature tolerance (up to 260°C), and high-pressure capability (up to 30,000 psi) — to create motors significantly outperforming industry-standard polyimide wire motors. Field tests confirmed 10x longer operational life.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Moog Inc. Moog designs and manufactures high-performance precision motion control products, including custom motors, servos, and electromechanical actuators for aerospace and defense — directly overlapping with Windings' aerospace and defense motor portfolio.
• Allied Motion Technologies: Allied Motion designs and manufactures precision motion control components including custom electric motors, servo motors, and generators for industrial, aerospace, and medical markets — a closely comparable specialty motor OEM.
• Koford Engineering: Koford Engineering produces custom high-speed brushless DC motors and motor windings, including ultra-high-RPM designs, overlapping with Windings' high-speed (100,000 RPM) motor capabilities.
• Parker Hannifin: Parker Hannifin provides motion and control technologies including custom electromagnetic solutions for aerospace and industrial applications; Windings identifies Parker as a customer and competes in adjacent custom motor/winding capabilities.
• Curtiss-Wright Corporation: Curtiss-Wright supplies engineered motors, generators, and electromagnetic components for defense and aerospace platforms; Windings lists Curtiss-Wright as a customer and is comparable as a custom motor/generator supplier to the same end markets.
• Arc Systems Inc. Arc Systems designs and manufactures custom electric motors, generators, and stators for aerospace, defense, and industrial markets — a closely comparable custom electromagnetic solutions provider.

Broad incumbents

• ABB (Baldor Electric): ABB, via Baldor, is one of the largest industrial electric motor manufacturers globally, serving industrial, energy, and some aerospace segments — a broad incumbent that competes for industrial-grade motor work.
• Nidec Corporation: Nidec is a global leader in precision small motors and motor components serving automotive, appliance, and industrial markets; a broad incumbent overlapping with Windings' higher-volume and motorsports/EV applications.
• Honeywell Aerospace: Honeywell is a Tier 1 aerospace and defense systems integrator that also produces motors and electromagnetic components internally; a broad incumbent in many of the same end markets where Windings is a custom supplier.

Others

• W.L. Gore & Associates: Gore is Windings' material supplier and innovation partner for GORE Magnet Wire used in the DuraCORE product line — adjacent/enabling rather than competitive, but tightly coupled in Windings' extreme-environment technology stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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