Winston Industries Creates Win2uit with $4 Million Tech Investment
Like all thriving manufacturing firms, Winston Industries has evolved steadily throughout its 44 years. But over the past six months, the Jeffersontown-based manufacturer of restaurant equipment made a giant leap forward by investing $4 million to add revolutionary technology and launch an electronics manufacturing services company dubbed Win2uit.
The new company, located next door to the main factory on Carton Drive, assembles electronic circuit boards, cable and wire harnesses and performs custom metal fabrication for outside customers.
Those same tasks were performed for decades at Winston Industries, until the company’s leadership examined the economic logic of making those parts internally. “Dad has always wanted to make as many parts as possible here for our own quality control,” said Valerie Shelton, CEO of Winston Industries and daughter of founder Winston Shelton. Even at 92, Winston Shelton continues to engineer new equipment for the firm.
“But we realized that the resources we were using to make the controls for our restaurant equipment were underutilized,” said Valerie Shelton. “Because of that, we actually considered shutting all that down.” Until they looked at the problem from another perspective...
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The new company, located next door to the main factory on Carton Drive, assembles electronic circuit boards, cable and wire harnesses and performs custom metal fabrication for outside customers.
Those same tasks were performed for decades at Winston Industries, until the company’s leadership examined the economic logic of making those parts internally. “Dad has always wanted to make as many parts as possible here for our own quality control,” said Valerie Shelton, CEO of Winston Industries and daughter of founder Winston Shelton. Even at 92, Winston Shelton continues to engineer new equipment for the firm.
“But we realized that the resources we were using to make the controls for our restaurant equipment were underutilized,” said Valerie Shelton. “Because of that, we actually considered shutting all that down.” Until they looked at the problem from another perspective...
Continue reading here:
http://insiderlouisville.com/innewsletter/winston-industries-invests-4-million-new-company-tech-machinery-line-expansion/
