Epcos deal expands to UK and Ireland

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jan 17, 2005

Under a new franchise distribution agreement Arrow will carry the full Epcos range of passive component products throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

Epcos has signed a franchise distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics under which Arrow will carry the company's comprehensive range of passive component products throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

The new agreement expands the strategic and long-term partnership that the two companies have already established in central and southern Europe, the Nordic countries and the USA.

Under the terms of the new agreement, Arrow, the world's largest passive component distributor, will stock a full Epcos package of leading passive components.

Epcos is the world market leader in a raft of passive components including SAW components, surge arresters, thermistors, varistors and power capacitors.

In Europe Epcos is market leader in aluminium electrolytic capacitors, EMC components, ferrites, film capacitors, tantalum chip capacitors and chokes.

Arrow will also provide comprehensive technical and design-in support for these products, a fact underlined by the addition of four new recruits to the company's UK technical PEMCO (passive, electromechanical and connector) team.

Discussing the expansion of the agreement with Arrow, Keith Rogers, the Epcos UK Distribution Manager, comments: "With Epcos as a design leader in passive components, this agreement is the logical extension of our already successful partnership with Arrow".

"Our jointly applied resource will further enhance the technical support and expertise available to our customers locally assisting them in securing future business for and in the UK".

"Welcome on board Arrow".

Andrew Plaistow, Arrow's PEMCO Sales Manager for the UK and Ireland adds: "Passive components are a key element of Arrow's European business, and Epcos is already our largest passives supplier in the Nordic region".

"The extension of the relationship, plus the expansion of our UK technical resource, is further evidence of Arrow's commitment to passive technologies, and strengthens our product offering for key market sectors including telecomms, automotive, consumer and industrial electronics".