RS Components Ltd

RS Components, part of Electrocomponents plc, founded in 1937 is a global business supporting over a million engineers.

RS is recognised as Europe's leading industrial distributor and has operating companies in over 20 countries distributing to eight times that number.

RS has had the simple objective of providing a part for every job, from research and development though pre-production to maintenance and repair.

As those jobs have diversified and became even more complex, RS has developed it's offering and its abilities accordingly

Whether it's power tools, process control equipment, transistors, an oscilloscope, plumbing supplies or protective clothing, they can all be supplied from one single source through a choice of purchasing channels and delivery methods, including free delivery as standard.

The RS range now has over 146,000 products from over 1300 suppliers and a further 106,000 electronic & electromechanical and Process Control and Automation products are available online.

New technology plays an important part. When RS launched rswww.com, it was the first UK plc in its marketplace with a fully integrated transactional web site.

The site provides real life case studies demonstrating how RS has helped many large UK organisations to reduce both the costs and time incurred in the purchasing process as well as an overview of emerging e-commerce models.

Since 1996 e-commerce has been a strategic priority for RS and with over 600 eProcurement implementations worldwide and leading in-house e-commerce capability we have extensive expertise in helping customers process low value orders efficiently.