RS Components

RS Components

Infobox Company
company_name = RS Components
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1932
location = Birchington Road, Corby, UK
key_people =
area_served = Europe
industry = Electronic components
products =
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 2,750
parent = Electrocomponents plc
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.rs-components.co.uk RS Components]
footnotes =

RS Components, commonly known as RS, is an international industrial component distributor headquartered in Oxford in the United Kingdom. It distributes to the United Kingdom, most of Europe and Asia and is part of the Electrocomponents Group.

History

The company was founded in 1937 in London under the name "Radiospares" selling spare parts for radios. When televisions became popular (and proved as unreliable as radios), 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.

In 1971, the company changed its name from "Radiospares" to "RS Components".

Current operations

RS Components is a catalogue-based distributor of electronic, electrical and industrial components to engineers in the United Kingdom, most of Europe and Asia. RS has a long standing reputation for providing top notch technical support for it`s products with a team of several hundred (worldwide) engineers.

Customers are served by local warehouses in each region. In addition, RS Components' facilities in the UK provide some products directly to Europe. 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. [ [http://www.nationalbusinessawards.co.uk/nbaabout/index.cfm?ccs=90&cs=139&highlight=2003%20awards National Business Awards 2003] ]

The RS Components site in Corby is the town's biggest employer.

ponsorship

It sponsors the IET [http://conferences.theiet.org/innovation_awards/index.htm Innovation Awards] . It also has links with the Corby Business Academy.

References

ee also

* Allied Electronics - sister company is the US

External links

* [http://www.rs-components.com Customer facing international web site]


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