Over 2000 semiconductors ready to buy in a single click direct from ROHM site
SINGAPORE, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ --RS Components (RS) the world's largest high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), has partnered with ROHM Semiconductor so that visitors to the ROHM site can access "buy-it-now" links from the manufacturers' inventory page to the relevant page on their local RS web site with a single mouse click. RS is the only distributor to which ROHM links directly in this way. Customers do not have to navigate through additional routing pages but are automatically linked to their local site. The service operates across 21 RS web sites in Asia and Europe and gives instant access to over 2,000 semiconductor products.
Fred Knowles, Head of Product Management, Electronics at RS Components stated, "This initiative gives customers the fastest way to find and buy ROHM semiconductors. It's another step in the RS strategy of ensuring we are always the easiest distributor for customers for do business with."
RS stocks power management ICs, transistors and diodes, optoelectronic devices, multimedia processors, data converters, amplifiers and comparators, interface ICs, and sensors and transducers from ROHM Semiconductor.
About RS Components
RS Components is the world's largest distributor of electronics and maintenance products serving 1.6 million customers worldwide. Through operations in 32 countries and 17 warehouses, the Group distributes 550,000 products ranging from semiconductors and optoelectronics to power tools and protective clothing. The product and service portfolio supports the entire product lifecycle from R&D through pre-production to maintenance and repair, shipping more than 40,000 parcels on the same day the orders are received.
RS Components and Allied Electronics are the trading brands of Electrocomponents plc. The Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the last financial year to 31 March 2011 had revenues of £1.18bn. For more information, please visit the website at www.rs-components.com.
ABOUT ROHM SEMICONDUCTOR ROHM develops products that improve the efficiency and performance of electronic devices, maintaining its reputation as a world-class semiconductor manufacturer. ROHM's advanced product development capabilities meet the needs of customers while increasing its line up of highly reliable, sophisticated products. These products are used in a variety of sectors: automotive, consumer, mobile phone, computer and office equipment, white goods/industrial, communications systems, and controls, test and medical. ROHM is involved in the development and manufacture of a whole host of electronic products, from standard parts to the most advanced components utilizing cutting-edge, original technologies, making the company the unseen force behind many consumer electronics devices. More information is available at:www.rohm.com.
Contacts:
| RS Components |
| Petrina Seah |
| External Communications Manager - Asia Pacific |
| Tel: +65-6391-5719 |
| Email: Petrina.seah@rs-components.com |
