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Electrocomponents plc
 PROFILE
When it comes to electronic parts distribution, Electrocomponents wrote the book -- and catalog, CD-ROM, and Web site. The company's group of RS Components subsidiaries sells more than 300,000 electric, electronic, mechanical, and health and safety components, products, and tools. Through its well-known "RS Components" and "Radiospares" catalogs and CD-ROMs, Web site, and trade counters (which offer free technical help), Electrocomponents reaches more than 1.5 million engineers and other customers worldwide. Although Europe accounts for almost 85% of sales, Electrocomponents is pushing into Asia and North America, a strategy augmented by its acquisition of US-based Allied Electronics.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 1,212.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 11.0%
Employees: 4,300
Revenue per employee: $281,860.47

 KEY PEOPLE
• Bob A. Lawson
    CEO
• Jeff L. Hewitt
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
5000 Oxford Business Park South, International Management Centre
Oxford OX4 2BH, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-1865-204-000
Fax: 44-1865-207-400
Online: Web Site

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