In the mid 1970s, NEI's founders had a vision: to create a pattern and mold shop based on the highest possible level of quality at the lowest possible cost, with on-time delivery, using state of the art equipment. In 1979, their vision became reality with the founding of Nielsen Enterprises. Today Nielsen Enterprises is a manufacturing company, providing patterns, molds, laser scanning, premier machining, and prototype manufacturing. With the advent of CNC technology, Nielsen Enterprises purchased its first CNC mill, becoming one of the first pattern and mold shops in the world to take advantage of this breakthrough technology. With the purchase of their first CNC mill, Nielsen Enterprises established themselves on the leading edge of technology, becoming one of the first manufacturing.