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RS Growth: New Industry 4.0 and Electrical Solutions Suppliers

Published on : Monday 08-01-2024

RS grew its supplier roster with dozens of leading brands last year, expanding its portfolio of industrial solutions.

Fort Worth, Texas, January 2024 – RS, a trading brand of RS Group plc, a global provider of product and service solutions for industrial customers, added dozens of new Industry 4.0 and electrical solutions suppliers to its line card last year, making it even more of a one-stop shop for industrial customers across a range of industries and application areas.

The 39 new suppliers RS added in 2023 include some of the fastest-growing and most innovative companies in the industrial marketplace. Thanks to this growing list of suppliers and an expansive warehouse, RS currently stocks more than 250,000 industrial, electrical, and electronic products from more than 700 trusted suppliers and has access to even more, including more than 73,000 industrial control products and more than 464,000 electrical products.

The 39 new suppliers RS added in 2023 include some of the most innovative companies in the industrial marketplace. These new supplier partnerships provide RS customers with advanced solutions to common challenges that extend throughout the machine building, industrial manufacturing, food and beverage, medical and pharmaceutical, material handling and packaging, energy and utilities, and EV and alternative energy industries. They also provide customers  with solutions to new and evolving challenges and demands elicited by the continued evolution and adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies.

RS added 16 new suppliers that can help customers revolutionise their facilities and processes with intelligent Industry 4.0 solutions, such as industrial control systems (ICS), which are used to electronically operate or automate industrial processes and can range in size from a small number of modular controllers to enormous control systems with thousands of field connections. Industry 4.0 and ICS solutions available at RS include contactors, control stations, controllers, disconnect switches, electronic and mechanical counters, inductive  signal couplers, machine guarding and machine safety equipment, panel meters, power outlets, power transfer switches, robots, signal conditioning and converter devices, slip rings, solenoids, and timers. New Industry 4.0 suppliers at RS include:

80/20 Inc., ABB Robotics, Beijer Electronics, Bosch Rexroth Assembly Technology, Bosch Rexroth Linear Motion Technology, Endress+Hauser, EXAIR, HMS Industrial Networks, Lutronic, LUTZE, Madison Company, Niryo, Phoenix Mecano, ProSoft Technology, SKF USA Inc., and Testo.

RS also expanded its selection of electrical products designed to make it easier and more economical for customers to get the most out of their new equipment and upgrade their legacy equipment; improve operator and equipment safety, production efficiency, output, and sustainability; and reduce energy consumption, operating costs, and unplanned downtime. The RS portfolio of electrical solutions includes wire, cable, and connector products, disconnect switches, motors, and motor controls, and circuit protection, power conditioning, and lighting products. New electrical solutions suppliers at RS include:

Adam Tech, Astrodyne TDI, Columbia Lighting, Compass, Delta Electronics, Dual-Lite, EXO Outdoor Lighting, Goodyear Belts, HELUKABEL, ILME, Keystone Technologies, Leeson and Marathon Motors, Meltric, Mencom, MGM Transformer Company, NOSHOK, NX Lighting Controls, OptiFuse, Remke, Signify, Southwire, Switch Components Inc., and Techflex.

Several of these new Industry 4.0 and electrical suppliers also offer maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) solutions. To provide customers with an even more comprehensive slate of essential MRO solutions, RS added Kimberly-Clark Professional, which offers a world-class portfolio of trusted brands and innovative facility MRO products designed to make working environments healthier, safer, and more productive, including wipes, gloves, shop towels, and PPE, such as shoe covers, safety glasses, and gloves.

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