RS Components provides Asia Pacific engineers the largest stocked Texas Instruments devices

RS now offers a range of over 11,000 TI products all available direct from stock

Hong Kong, 26 June 2009 :

RS Components, the leading international distributor of electronic, electro-mechanical and industrial products, today announces the launch of 8,000 new products from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI). The introduction of the latest range of products will now make RS the distributor with the largest number and widest variety of TI products, well over 11,000 in total.

Customers are able to purchase this broad range of direct-from-stock devices across the Asia Pacific region through the RS in-country websites. Electronics design engineers will be able to select from a comprehensive TI portfolio, including over 2,000 new logic ICs, 1,800 amplifier and linear devices, 1500 power management components, and more than 1000 new interface and connectivity devices. Whether it’s faster speed, higher precision, lower power or smaller size, RS will offer the best choice of TI solutions to design engineers aiming to differentiate their design.

“Electronic design engineers are consistently looking to high-quality web-based distributors as their source for products and solutions in developing new designs” said Christoph Gromann, Analog Marketing Manager for Texas Instruments in EMEA. “We are very pleased with the reach of RS to design engineers, the range of eCommerce solutions available to electronics customers from RS, as well as their robust and comprehensive product offering.”

Commenting on the launch, Richard Huxley, Regional General Manager, RS Asia Pacific said that “the extent of the Texas Instruments range expansion gives design engineers across the Asia Pacific region the best offer in quality, price and availability.” Huxley added that “RS is delighted that Texas Instruments are supporting us, and we believe that our customers will find the breadth and depth of this expanded offer compelling.”

All 11,000 TI products are available online at www.rs-components.com, complete with all the comprehensive technical information necessary to enable easy and accurate product selection, and are held in-stock for delivery direct to customers.

About RS Components

A part of Electrocomponents plc, RS Components (RS) is one of the largest global catalogue and web-based distributors of electronic, electro-mechanical and industrial products.

Operating under the trading brands of RS Components, Radiospares, Radionics and Allied Electronics in the U.S., the Group serves nearly 1.6 million customers in over 80 countries worldwide. Through operations in 27 countries and 16 warehouses, RS distributes 450,000 products from over 2,500 suppliers.

The Group has an annual turnover of over £925 million and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

For more information, please visit our market leading website at www.rs-components.com .



About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) helps customers solve problems and develop new electronics that make the world smarter, healthier, safer, greener and more fun.

A global semiconductor company, TI innovates through design, sales and manufacturing operations in more than 30 countries.
For more information, go to www.ti.com.