Modern industrial electrical devices can help manufacturers improve safety, efficiency, productivity, operating costs, and sustainability. RS leverages its extensive electrical product portfolio and highly experienced technical support team to help industrial manufacturers optimize new equipment and upgrade legacy equipment.

FORT WORTH, Texas, April 18, 2023 - RS (formerly Allied Electronics & Automation), a trading brand of RS Group plc (LSE: RS1), a global omni-channel provider of industrial product and service solutions, offers more than 49,000 in-stock electrical products from industry-leading suppliers, including Southwire, Mencom, ILME, and Signify brands.

Electrical devices are essential elements of any electronic system, and many modern electrical devices have made it easier and more economical than ever for manufacturers to optimize new equipment and upgrade legacy equipment. Industrial electrical solutions ranging from wire, cable, and connector products to disconnect switches, motors, motor controls, and circuit protection, power conditioning, and lighting products can help manufacturers improve operator and equipment safety, production efficiency, productivity, and sustainability and can also help reduce energy consumption, operating costs, and unplanned downtime.

In-stock industrial electrical solutions available at RS include:
• Power supply cords, extension cords, and contractor-grade outdoor power cords from Southwire, a leading global supplier of wire and cable solutions backed by more than 70 years of experience and responsible for producing roughly half of the cable used to transmit and distribute electricity in the United States. RS offers a large selection of heavy-duty Southwire power supply cords and extension cords rated for a wide range of applications and operating temperatures, equipped with features including high-visibility jackets, power indicator lights, and locking mechanisms, and compliant with relevant UL and CSA standards.

• Cable glands from Mencom, a leading supplier of high-quality, cost-effective custom-made and off-the-shelf electrical connectivity solutions engineered for industrial electronics applications and backed by 35 years of successful design and development experience. Mencom cable glands are equipped with IP68 sealing, are rated for up to 5 bar, and can be permanently used underwater at up to 5 atmospheres. RS offers a variety of metal and plastic Mencom cable glands in a range of sizes.

• Configurable connectors from ILME, a leading supplier of high-quality, heavy-duty industrial connectivity products engineered for applications in the industrial automation, railway, marine equipment, robotics, and traditional and sustainable energy industries and backed by more than 75 years of field-proven performance. RS offers ILME connector components including hoods, inserts, housings, and contacts.

• LED lighting from Signify, a leading global supplier of innovative, high-quality, and high-efficiency lighting solutions from brands including Philips, Day-Brite CFI, Lightolier, Advance, Chloride, Hadco, and Stonco. RS offers Signify solutions, including ballasts, drivers, recessed lighting, strip lighting, high-bay lighting, outdoor lighting, LED bulbs, exit signs, emergency lighting, cables, brackets, and pendant hangers.
The depth and breadth of the RS electrical product portfolio for industrial facilities, combined with its more than 49,000 in-stock and ready-to-ship solutions and its highly experienced technical support team, allows RS to support manufacturers through the concept, design, build, and maintenance stages and help them overcome challenges ranging from retrofitting legacy equipment to designing for scalability and future-proofing maintenance processes.

For more information about industrial electrical solutions — including how they can help improve operator and equipment safety, production efficiency, productivity, and sustainability and can also help reduce energy consumption, operating costs, and unplanned downtime — check out the RS Expert Advice series for relevant articles, interviews, and podcasts. For more information about the RS portfolio of industrial electrical products, visit our Electrical Solutions for Industrial Facilities landing page. For assistance identifying and deploying industrial electrical solutions optimized to overcome your unique challenges and achieve your goals, please contact your local RS representative at 1.866.433.5722 or reach out to our technical support team.

About RS in the Americas
In the Americas region, RS (formerly Allied Electronics & Automation) stocks more than 230,000 industrial and electronic products from more than 700 trusted suppliers. These solutions cover categories extending from automation and control equipment to interconnect, passive, active, and electromechanical components and include more than 80,000 high-quality, competitively priced RS PRO products. For more information, please visit https://us.rs-online.com or connect with us via social media on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

About RS Group
RS Group plc is a leading global omni-channel industrial product and service solutions provider to customers who are involved in designing, building, and maintaining industrial equipment and operations, safely and sustainably. We stock more than 700,000 industrial and electronic products, sourced from over 2,500 leading suppliers, and provide a wide range of product and service solutions to over 1.2 million customers. With operations in 32 countries, we trade through multiple channels and ship over 60,000 parcels a day.

We support customers across the product life cycle, whether via innovation and technical support at the design phase, improving time to market and productivity at the build phase, or reducing purchasing costs and optimizing inventory in the maintenance phase. We offer our customers tailored product and service propositions that are essential for the successful operation of their businesses and help them save time and money.

RS Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with stock ticker RS1, and in the year ended 31 March 2022, reported revenue of £2,554 million.

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