How We Do Business

Wilbur-Ellis Company has grown through eight decades of changing business conditions. Our growth is the result of commitments and beliefs that set us apart from other organizations:

Commitment to employees:

We recognize that our accomplishments would not be possible without the talent and dedication of our employees. Our centralized, entrepreneurial culture, coupled with our belief in training and development, gives our people the freedom, knowledge, and responsibility to best serve our customers.

Belief in supplying the highest quality products:

Whether distributing our own brands or those of our suppliers, we focus on bringing the best products to our customers at all times.

Strong service orientation:

We pride ourselves on being a trusted advisor to our customers, working side by side with them to develop long-term, innovative, workable solutions to the issues they face.

Commitment to the integrity of our contracts:

Our customers know they can rely on us to provide what we promise. We take a great deal of pride in our reputation for integrity, and consider it one of the most important aspects of our business.

Strong, long-standing relationships with business partners:

Many of our relationships with manufacturers and suppliers date back for decades. We work in partnership with these organizations, providing valuable product and market feedback through our close ties to customers.

Entrepreneurial approach:

Backed by the Company's financial strength and resources, we encourage our locations to work independently and closely with their local communities.

In short, what sets Wilbur-Ellis Company apart is that we have always been a company for and about people-about relationships between employees, customers, business partners, and owners, about the integrity we bring to these relationships, and about the vision and Ingenuity we bring to solving customers' problems. As we begin the new century, we reaffirm our dedication to these long-standing traditions. The creativity and integrity of our business methods will allow our valued customers and suppliers to grow and prosper along with us.