From humble beginnings to the global company we are today, we?ve been on an incredible journey, but the best is yet to come.
In
1937, J H Waring and P M Sebestyen established a company called
Radiospares Limited, supplying radio repair shops with spare parts. The
business began selling electronic components in 1954 and rebranded as RS Components in 1971.
For
over 80 years, we have been providing products and solutions to
engineers, making it easy for our customers to do business and saving
them time and money.
Today, we are a global omni-channel
solutions partner for industrial customers and suppliers who are
involved in designing, building or maintaining industrial equipment and
facilities.
We aim to offer our customers unrivalled choice of
product technologies, solve problems with innovative solutions and
deliver a world-class customer experience.
We stock more than
500,000 industrial and electronic products, sourced from over 2,500
leading suppliers and provide a wide range of value-added solutions to
over one million customers.
With operations in 32 countries, we trade through multiple channels and ship over 50,000 parcels a day.
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