Fort Worth, Texas, 24 April 2015 - Allied Electronics, a trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), announced that it is one of two inaugural winners of the Platinum Level Status award from Cypress Industries. The award recognises Allied's exceptional performance, outstanding customer service, and high standards of enthusiasm and ethics on Allied's part, which Cypress credits with contributing to their own overall growth.

Cypress Industries, headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a contract manufacturer specialising in custom cable assemblies, custom wire harnesses, plastic injection mould making, custom plastic injection moulding, and metal casings. They support the needs of a diverse customer base, including OEMs, contract manufacturers, telecom, industrial machinery, P.O.S., and gaming equipment companies, and medical and military manufacturers.

"Allied has been a long-term strategic partner with Cypress, and has helped fuel our growth both here in the United States and in our newly-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary in India," said Eva Lowe, VP of Operations at Cypress.

"We've been partnered with Cypress Industries since 2006, and we're thrilled to be recognised with this wonderful award," said Robin Niemeyer, Manager of Allied's Austin Sales Office. "We're proud to have played a part in Cypress's impressive accomplishments, and we look forward to being a part of their success for years to come."

About Allied Electronics
Allied Electronics is a high service level, authorised distributor of industrial automation products, electronic components, and electromechanical products with 47 sales offices serving the United States, Mexico, and Canada. With more than three million parts online and more than 120,000 products featured in the Allied Catalog, engineers and purchasers often look to Allied for a broad range of product solutions from more than 300 world-class suppliers. Allied Electronics and RS Components are trading brands of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers headquartered in Oxford, England.

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