Winsupply

“Because of the help we provide here in Moraine, the local companies have a lot more time to create sales and serve their customers,” he said.

The company has had a Moraine presence since 1989, Schwartz said. It broke ground on the project Wednesday. Construction is expected to start in the next 30 days and be completed by next summer, he said.

Constructing the new building is not about Winsupply addingmore space, but rather about its commitment to innovation, McKenzie said.

“For the fifirst time in our

Winsupply broke ground on its Center for Innovation on Wednesday at Kettering Boulevard and Big Hill Road in Moraine. Construction is expected to start in the next 30 days and be completed by next summer.

64- year history, we will finally have a dedicated facility that gives people from our support services team the chance to work side- by- side with one of the local companies, Win

supply of Dayton,” he said.

Once the new building, plumbing supply house Winsupply of Dayton, which is owned by Jeffff Williams, will move its entire operation from its location four

Winsupply has 6,800 employees nationwide, including more than 400 throughout the Dayton area, 275 of them at itsMoraine campus. Winsupply broke ground on its Center for innovationWednesday.

miles away near downtown Dayton to theMoraine site, McKenzie said.

That will allow Williams and his company to continue to serve their residential and commercial plumb

ing customers, but with a full- service counter, much larger offiffices, more warehouse space and outdoor storage, he said.

“In addition to that, Jeffff’s company will also become

Winsupply ’ s pr ima ry location for training new employees and testing new innovations that help all local companies,” McKenzie said. “For the fifirst time, our Support Services team will get to do daily research and development inside a local company and then get feedback on the flflflflflfly fromJeffff and his employees as they serve customers every day.”

ThatmeansWinsupply’s Support Services teamwill be able to experiment, test, to fail and experiment again before rolling out its new processes, new software and new services that benefifit all its local companies nationwide, McKenzie said.