NAMPO 2019

www.nampo.co.za

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S Components was founded in London by JH Waring and

PM Sebestyen in 1937, under the name RadioSpares, sup-

plying radio repair shops with spare parts. When televi-

sions became popular, television parts were added to

the range in 1947. By the end of World War II the company

was a national distributor in the UK and in 1954 the found-

ers shifted their focus from fix-it shops and home users and started

selling electronic components to the industrial sector.

The company listed on the London Stock Exchange in

1967 as Electrocomponents plc, and in 1971 changed its trad-

ing name from RadioSpares to RS Components. Over time the

company has expanded and now serves customers in over

80 countries through 32 operating companies, shipping over

50 000 parcels around the world daily.

RS Components was the first distributor to use a CD cata-

logue and was one of the first industrial distributors to create

a trading website which launched in 1998. We now offer over

500 000 products across 2 500 global industrial brands in auto-

mation and control, electronics, electrical, test and measure-

ment devices, tools and consumables. We offer a range of

different options at various price points, giving customers the

choice to select quality products that fit their budget.

Some of the main benefits of having a one-stop shop with a

broad range of products, same day dispatch and great service,

is that it saves customers time and money through one supply

source, allowing for supplier rationalisation and the reduction

in total maintenance, repair and operating procurement costs.

Distribution

We have a global distribution network with warehouses all over the

world that carry significant amounts of stock. From the early days the

business was built on a ‘same day dispatch’ model and we continue

that today. If items come from our local warehouse in Kyalami, Johan-

nesburg the order will be delivered within 24 hours to main city centres

and 48 hours to outlying areas. If items come from one of our global

warehouses, delivery is normally within four to six working days any-

where in South Africa. The customer pays the rand price on the web-

site regardless of which warehouse it is being delivered from, taking the

hassle out of any hidden import or foreign exchange costs.

Smart farming

Our company offers the latest sen-

sors and IOT enabled devices for

industrial and agricultural envi-

ronments and carry ranges from

RS Pro, ABB, Siemens, Schneider

Electric, Phoenix Contact, SMC,

Omron, Arduino, XinaBox, Inteland

Brainbox, to name a few brands

that can be used in smart factories

and smart farming applications. Some

smart farming applications include the

monitoring of climate conditions, greenhouse

automation, crop and livestock management, storage manage-

ment and vehicle tracking – the options are endless.

Two devices that will be on display at the NAMPO Harvest

Day, come from our RS Pro range – a data logger and a gas

detector. The Pro-mote data logger measures temperature

and humidity in remote locations. It comes with a probe to get

to hard to reach places and it records and stores data to the

EasyLog Cloud, which can be accessed from anywhere.

The RS Pro gas detector is used to identify the presence of

and isolate the source location of combustible gasses such as

methane, propane, butane, ammonia, carbon dioxide and

many more. It detects gas concentrations by using an internal

sensor and indicates the presence of combustible gasses with

visual, audio and vibration feedback mechanisms.

RS Pro is the company’s private label range that started in

1937 due to a strong demand from customers for a high-qual-

ity, cost-effective industrial product range. Over the years, the

range has grown to over 50 000 products that include hand

tools, automation and control equipment, electrical products,

pneumatics, personal protection gear and test and measure-

ment devices.

Mellisa Govender,

marketing director, RS Components SA

The RS Pro range – choose from over 50 000 industrial and electronic products.

We will be giving away

a 94-piece RS Pro toolkit,

valued at R2 000, during

the NAMPO Harvest Day.

Visit Stand 5 to learn more.

Pioneers of industrial

distribution promote

smart farming technology

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