About US

Our Story

RS is your global business partner, who you can truly rely on to supply more than just great products.

So, our ever-expanding range of 750,000+ in-stock industrial and electronics products – from over 2,500 partner suppliers – is just the start.

With over 100 years' experience, we’re a partner that shares inspiration, imagination and innovation. A partner that works side-by-side with you to save you time and money.

A partner that helps make your job easier, whether you design, build, maintain or protect industrial equipment and operations.

Because we also solve your problems with insights and end-to-end solutions for inventory, maintenance, integrated supply, safety, purchasing, design and manufacturing and for custom ordering.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is ‘Making Amazing Happen for a Better World’. At RS, we support the minds of today and tomorrow, to realise their full potential, help solve problems, and improve lives. We are committed to partnering with our customers and suppliers to do business responsibly and identify more sustainable ways of working.

We aim to be by your side with our unrivalled focus on the customer and their needs across the design, build and maintain lifecycle. We’ve collated key products and industry themes with a laser focus on addressing customer problems and offering solutions to help save time and money.

Through our Discovery Portal we have collated a wide range of useful guides to help you get the most from your equipment, applications and projects.

For procurement professionals, we have created Connected Thinking to provide valuable insight and expertise to both businesses and individuals involved in the sectors we support.

We also nurture people through our education solutions to inspire a better world. From schools through to universities, our STEM-based lesson plans and projects help inspire the engineers of the future.

We believe in transforming the impossible to possible, and the ‘what ifs’ into ‘why nots’.

Our Services

We’re more than a one-stop show for all of your industrial and electronics product needs; our range of services and solutions is second to none. From same day delivery to procurement solutions, find a range of helpful services to increase productivity, save you time and money.

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Our Partners

We partner with over 2,500 globally recognised suppliers who help bring the latest industrial and electronics products to market, to support the needs of our customers..

Our People

Our people help us do what we do and we’re immensely proud to have an incredibly talented and diverse workforce around the globe focused on delivery excellence for our customer and partners. To find out more about the role we play, or how you could join our company, check out our careers site.

RS PRO

RS PRO is our own-brand product range of more than 58,000 high-quality, competitively priced industrial product and electronic components. RS PRO offers customers a choice where the combination of quality, performance and price create exceptional value. All RS PRO products and components are backed by the RS Seal of Approval, representing leading industry standards for audit, inspection, test and certification.

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Designspark

Launched in 2010, DesignSpark is our online design community and resource centre for makers, students and design engineers. With a comprehensive range of free-of-charge software design tools, technical data and development resources, DesignSpark provides a platform for members to share their projects, opinions and connect with other engineers and students.

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OKdo

Focusing on single-board computing (SBC) and the internet of things (IoT), OKdo provides end-to-end support for all SBC and IoT segments, spanning makers, entrepreneurs, industrial designers, educators and reseller partners. OKdo also brings SBC and IoT customers the latest products, solutions and ideas to inspire and enable them to create technology that makes life better.

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