Electrocomponents plc, together with its subsidiaries, distributes various electronics and industrial products in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, and internationally. It provides industrial interconnect and test, industrial automation and control, board-level electronics, and single-board computing products; and tools, consumables, and facilities maintenance products, such as personal protective equipment, site safety products, and 3D printing products. The company also supplies test and measurement products, semiconductors, and SBC and passive products. In addition, it operates DesignSpark, an online design community and resource center for makers, students, and design engineers. The company offers its products under the Needlers and Liscombe, RS Components, Allied Electronics & Automation, RS PRO, OKdo, DesignSpark, and IESA brands to electronic design engineers, machine and panel builders, and maintenance engineers, as well as buyers. It serves manufacturing, services, and infrastructure industries. Electrocomponents plc was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
