RS is recognised for fast, efficient approach to bringing new connectivity products to market

Oxford, UK, 14 November 2014 - RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, has been named High Service Distributor of the Year by HARTING, a leading supplier of connectivity solutions used in various market sectors, including mechanical and plant engineering, broadcast and entertainment, factory automation, power generation and distribution as well as industrial electronics and telecommunication.

HARTING selected RS as the recipient of the award in recognition of the distributor's continued investment in new product introductions (NPI), which enable customers to gain fast, easy access to the latest product releases to come to market. This highly focussed NPI programme has had a significant impact on the sales results achieved by RS across the HARTING range, and has contributed to substantial business growth for the supplier, most significantly in the EMEA region and also extending globally.

Accepting the award on behalf of RS at the 26th Electronica Trade Fair in Munich, Kevin McCormack, Global Head of IP&E at RS Components, said, "It is always a huge honour to be chosen for what is essentially the highest accolade we can receive from any supplier. We have a close strategic partnership with HARTING, which enables us to work together effectively to deliver this range of top quality connectivity products to customers in the fastest, most efficient way possible."

"The excellent sales results we have achieved through RS over the past year are tremendous testament to their efforts in ensuring that customers are able to get their hands on the latest products hot off the production line," said Edgar Düning, HARTING's Managing Director Global Business Units, Electric & Electronics. "The ability to easily and quickly find and buy parts via the RS transactional website, with the support of online design resources on DesignSpark, backed up by strong logistics services, makes RS a very worthy winner of this award."

Photo caption (left to right):
Kevin McCormack, RS; Lisa England, RS; Natalie Bird, RS; Chris Page, RS; Philip Harting, HARTING; Edgar Duening, HARTING; Pete Hannon, HARTING

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About RS Components
RS Components and Allied Electronics are the trading brands of Electrocomponents plc, the global distributor for engineers. With operations in 32 countries, we offer around 500,000 products through the internet, catalogues and at trade counters to over one million customers, shipping more than 44,000 parcels a day. Our products, sourced from 2,500 leading suppliers, include semiconductors, interconnect, passives and electromechanical, automation and control, electrical, test and measurement, tools and consumables.

Electrocomponents is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the last financial year ended 31 March 2014 had revenues of £1.27bn.

For more information, please visit the website at www.rs-components.com.

Editorial Contact
Lisa Townsend
PR Manager - EMEA
RS Components
lisa.townsend@rs-components.com
+44 (0)1536 209026

PR Agency Contact
Janice Fenton
Account Director
Publitek Technology PR
janice.fenton@publitek.com
+44 (0)1225 470000

Further information is available via these links:
Twitter: @RSElectronics; @alliedelec; @designsparkRS
RS Components on Linkedin
www.linkedin.com/company/rs-components

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