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RS Components Teams Up with Big Wipes to Deliver Market-Leading Industrial-Strength Cleaning Wipes

RS customers worldwide can now clean up quickly and safely with superior-performing Big Wipes

Wellington, New Zealand, 26 March 2015:

RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, has become the first global, high-service distributor to stock the Big Wipes range of industrial-strength cleaning wipes, which are specially formulated for faster cleaning and superior skin safety.

With their large size, specialist formula with skin conditioners, and unique high performance fabrics, Big Wipes can quickly remove unwanted substances such as PU foam, paint, varnish, silicones, glue, oil and grease from a wide range of different surfaces. The wipe can continue cleaning even when heavily soiled, so large clean-ups consume fewer wipes. The formula is biodegradable, preservative-free and compliant with the EU Cosmetics Directive, ensuring that Big Wipes are friendly to the environment and to the user's skin.

RS is stocking the complete Big Wipes range, which comprises Multi-Purpose, Heavy-Duty and Multi-Surface wipes in pack sizes from 80 to 240 wipes. Low alcohol content (approx 5%) means the wipes can be used anywhere without handling restrictions.

About RS Components

RS Components and Allied Electronics are the trading brands of Electrocomponents plc, the global distributor for engineers. With operations in 32 countries, we offer around 500,000 products through the internet, catalogues and at trade counters to over one million customers, shipping more than 44,000 parcels a day. Our products, sourced from 2,500 leading suppliers, include semiconductors, interconnect, passives and electromechanical, automation and control, electrical, test and measurement, tools and consumables.

Electrocomponents is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the last financial year ended 31 March 2014 had revenues of £1.27bn.

For more information, please visit the website at //www.rs-online.com

Further information is available via these links:

Twitter: @RSElectronics; @alliedelec; @designsparkRS

RS Components on Linkedin
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Relevant Links:

Electrocomponents plc
www.electrocomponents.com

RS Components
www.rs-online.com

DesignSpark
http://www.designspark.com