ALLIED GOES INTERACTIVE

Allied Electronics, a trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), announced today that it has released several interactive product finders that will simplify the way customers shop for needed parts and components.

With the Control Cabinet Product Finder, customers are able to mouse over any component in the 3D-rendered control cabinet for a list of all the manufacturers of that product and a link to the product detail page of the specified part. Customers can also take advantage of the Power House Product Finder, featuring AC/DC and DC/DC power supplies from a host of leading suppliers, and the PCB Product Finder, highlighting a variety of common components found on a circuit board.

"Our interactive product finders, available at thinkallied.com, are designed to make finding the parts for a given project simple as they're based on the ultimate product application," said Gabriel Reichman, Customer Marketing Manager for Allied, "making the experience easier, more immersive, and more efficient. It's a great way to find the products you're looking for. And just wait, we're launching several additional product finders this summer that we're really excited about."

Allied Product Director Joe Reed said, "This is an exciting new development in product searches. Now, with Allied's new innovative Interactive product finders, your solutions are as close as a mouse click." About Allied Electronics

Allied Electronics is a small order, high service level distributor of industrial automation products, electronic components and electromechanical products with 48 sales offices serving the United States, Mexico, and Canada. With more than three million parts online and more than 110,000 products featured in the Allied Catalog, engineers and purchasers often look to Allied for a broad range of product solutions from over 300 world-class suppliers. Allied Electronics and RS Components are trading brands of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products headquartered in Oxford, England. Visit us at www.thinkallied.com

Find Allied Electronics on Facebook: www.facebook.com/alliedelectronics Follow Allied Electronics on Twitter: @alliedelec   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-components.com.

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