RS Components
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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.
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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 (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 1960's.
In 1971, the company changed its name from Radiospares to RS Components.
[edit] 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.
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.[1]
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[edit] See also
- Allied Electronics - sister company is the US
