Allied Electronics, a trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), announced today that it has been named a national distributor for SICK, Inc., a highly respected manufacturer of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, encoders, and automatic identification solutions for factory, logistics, and process automation.

“SICK products are a perfect fit for our industrial automation business,” said Allied Product Director Joe Reed. “This addition to our product portfolio significantly strengthens our offering in industrial sensors and safety. Allied is proud to add them to our portfolio.”

"We are very excited about working with Allied Electronics. Allied has proven to be a leading industrial automation distributor, and provides an extremely valuable service to its customers,” said Dan Minnich, National Distribution Manager at SICK. “The combination of the Allied market reach and comprehensive line of SICK offerings will enable customers in factory, logistics, and process automation to keep their businesses running smoothly and efficiently."

Allied Vice President of Product Management Frank Cantwell added, “We are also pleased that SICK has chosen Allied as its proprietary national distributor. As an authorized distributor, Allied now provides another sensor option to our automation and control customers.”

About Allied Electronics

Allied Electronics is a high service level, authorized distributor of industrial automation products, electronic components, and electromechanical products with 43 sales offices serving the United States, Mexico, Chile, and Canada. With more than three million parts online, engineers and purchasers often look to Allied for a broad range of product solutions from more than 300 world-class suppliers. Allied Electronics is a trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers headquartered in Oxford, England.

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