RS Components
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| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Electronic components |
| Founded | 1937 |
| Headquarters | Birchington Road, Corby, UK |
| Area served | Europe |
| Employees | 5,800 |
| Parent | Electrocomponents |
| Website | http://www.rs-components.co.uk |
RS Components, commonly known as RS, is a global industrial component distributor headquartered in Corby in the United Kingdom. It distributes to the United Kingdom, most of Europe and Asia and is part of the Electrocomponents group.
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[edit] History
The company was founded in 1937 in London under the name Radiospares selling spare parts for radios. When televisions became popular, television parts were added to Radiospares' product list. By the end of World War II, the company had evolved into a large national distribution company. In 1954, the founders of Radiospares expanded the company's focus from shops and home users to the industrial sector. This process was completed in the 1960s.
[edit] Current operations
RS Components is part of the Electrocomponents group, which trades as RS across the world except in North America where it trades as Allied Electronics. The leading international high service distributor of electronic, electrical and industrial supplies, with over 1.6 million customers and offering 550,000 products.
Electrocomponents operates in 32 countries, covering more than 85% of the world’s GDP with distributors in many more, with an annual revenue of £1.18 billion. Using a variety of channels to market including selling via catalogues, e-Commerce (Websites in 17 languages covering 70 countries) and trade counters.
A catalogue-based distributor of electronic, electrical and industrial components to engineers in the United Kingdom, most of Europe and Asia.
Customers are served by local warehouses in each region. In addition, RS Components' facilities in the UK provide some products directly to Europe from both the Corby HQ and the fully mechanised Nuneaton warehouse. The countries of South-East Asia are served by a hub in Singapore. The company also has a warehouse in Shanghai.
In 2003, RS Components was awarded the E-Business Strategy of the Year award by the UK National Business Awards.[1]
The RS Components site in Corby is the town's largest employer.
[edit] Sponsorship
It sponsors the IET Innovation Awards. It also has links with the Corby Business Academy.
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- Allied Electronics - sister company is the US
