Allied Electronics

The company was founded in 1928 in Chicago, Illinois by Simon "Sy" Wexler[5] as Allied Radio, the radio parts distribution arm of Columbia Radio Corporation (also founded by Wexler in 1921).[6] Allied distributed radio sets, tubes, capacitors, amateur radio equipment, citizens band radios, communications equipment, electronic kits and consumer audio systems through retail and mail order.

In 1970, the Tandy Corporation, Radio Shack's parent company, purchased Allied Radio, the consumer division, along with Allied Electronics, the industrial division. Over the years, Allied Radio was folded into Radio Shack and Allied Electronics focused on distribution of electronic components to electronics engineers. After multiple owners between 1967 and 1993, Allied was purchased by Electrocomponents of London, England in 1999. In 2018, the company changed their name to Allied Electronics & Automation[7] to better reflect their position in the market with customers. Today, Allied serves as the North American distributor for Electrocomponents selling more than 3.5 million parts from over 500[8] suppliers to engineers and purchasers around the world.[9]

Allied Electronics & Automation is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It has a 560,000 square foot distribution facility and a 57,000 square foot corporate office. Allied distributes a wide range of product technologies, including Automation and Control, Enclosures and Fans, Power, Interconnect, Test and Measurement, Passive and Active, Optoelectronics, and Assembly. Customers can access the company products through a variety of channels, including Sales Force and online ordering through their website. Allied services customers from small order hobbyists to large volume manufacturers. The management team of nine Vice Presidents and Chief Officers is led by President Ken Bradley.[1][10][11]

Allied Electronics offers security products, industrial automation and control products, power products, sensors, switches and relays, test and measurement products, wires and cables, optoelectronics, motors and thermal management, tools and hardware, batteries, chemicals and adhesives, semiconductors etc.[10][11]

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• Electrocomponents plc Homepage
• RS Components Homepage, customer facing