Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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RS Components

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Exhibit at Geevor Tin Mine Museum.

head office: Oxford (2011)

1937 Radiospares was founded in London by J. H. Waring and P. M. Sebestyen, supplying components to the radio receiver industry

1947 Radiospares established an export link with the newly-founded Radionics in Dublin

1954 Radiospares product range was expanded beyond radio and television spares

1967 Radiospares floated on the London Stock Exchange as Electrocomponents plc

1971 Radiospares changed its name to RS Components

1999 Acquired US company Allied Electronics (formerly Allied Radio).

2010 Radiospares and Radionics became RS Components

See Also

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Sources of Information

  • Electrocomponents [1]