Graybar Electric Co., Champaign, Ill., today opened a new full-service branch in Champaign, Ill. Located in Graybar’s Chicago District at 301 East Mercury Dr., Champaign, Ill., the branch will serve the Champaign-Urbana metro areas as well as Macon, Piatt, Moultrie, Shelby, Effingham, Cumberland, Coles, Douglas, Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, Vermilion, Edgar and Clark counties in Illinois. Branch Manager Brian Gauthier will lead the branch’s sales efforts. The Champaign, Ill. branch is Graybar’s eighth new location in 2013. “Graybar is investing in growth,” Bob Lyons, Graybar senior V.P. – North America Business, said in the press release. “We are increasing our geographic reach to better serve our customers – and we plan to continue this steady expansion in the future.”