Peachtree City, Georgia-based Rinnai announced its Innovation Department will enable the engineering and product management teams to “collaborate on the product roadmap and generate leading ideas and solutions for existing and new markets.”

Ray VanAssche was promoted to vice president of innovation and will lead the new direction. The new strategy for Rinnai aligns with the opening of the company’s new 300,000-square-foot facility in Griffin, Georgia, in Q4 of 2020, according to the company. The facility will manufacturer commercial and residential tankless water heaters.