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      "component sourcing across multiple technologies",
      "integrated MRO procurement"
    ],
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      "industrial design",
      "industrial equipment manufacturing",
      "industrial maintenance and operations"
    ]
  },
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        "name": "SafeContractor SSIP"
      },
      {
        "name": "Achilles UVDB"
      },
      {
        "name": "BSIF Registered Safety Supplier"
      },
      {
        "name": "EcoVadis"
      },
      {
        "name": "RISQS"
      },
      {
        "name": "JOSCAR"
      },
      {
        "name": "Cyber Essentials"
      }
    ],
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        "status": "self_declared",
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      },
      {
        "id": "iso_14001",
        "status": "self_declared",
        "evidence_url": "https://uk.rs-online.com/web/content/about-rs/articles/our-certifications"
      },
      {
        "id": "iso_45001",
        "status": "self_declared",
        "evidence_url": "https://uk.rs-online.com/web/content/about-rs/articles/our-certifications"
      },
      {
        "id": "esd_s20_20",
        "status": "self_declared",
        "evidence_url": "https://uk.rs-online.com/web/content/about-rs/articles/our-certifications"
      }
    ]
  },
  "company": {
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      "city": "Corby",
      "region": "Northamptonshire",
      "country": "GB"
    },
    "url": "https://www.rs-online.com/",
    "name": "RS",
    "domain": "rs-online.com",
    "founded": 1937,
    "same_as": [
      "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS_Group_plc",
      "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5357985",
      "https://uk.linkedin.com/company/rs-group-plc"
    ],
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      "min": 5001
    },
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    "description": "Distributes industrial and electronic products for the maintenance, repair, and operation of customers' businesses, offering more than 875,000 in-stock products from over 2,500 supplier partners.",
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      "lei": "549300KVXDURRKVW7R37"
    }
  },
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    {
      "id": "automation-control",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Automation & Control Gear",
      "role": "distributor",
      "summary": "Distribution category for automation and control components such as sensors and relays, part of a catalog of more than 875,000 in-stock industrial and electronics products.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "electronic-components",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Electronic Components",
      "role": "distributor",
      "summary": "Distribution category for electronic components including semiconductors, passive components, connectors, displays, and batteries, sourced from over 2,500 partner suppliers.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "electrical-cables-power",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Electrical, Cables & Power",
      "role": "distributor",
      "summary": "Distribution category for electrical products including cables and wires, power supplies and transformers, lighting, and fuses and circuit breakers.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tools-hardware",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Tools & Hardware",
      "role": "distributor",
      "summary": "Distribution category for hand tools, power tools, soldering and welding equipment, fasteners and fixings, and bearings and seals.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "test-measurement",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Test & Measurement",
      "role": "distributor",
      "summary": "Distribution category for test and measurement instruments such as digital multimeters, plus calibration laboratory services.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ],
      "certifications": [
        {
          "id": "iso_17025",
          "status": "self_declared",
          "evidence_url": "https://uk.rs-online.com/web/content/about-rs/articles/our-certifications"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "health-safety-ppe",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Health, Safety & PPE",
      "role": "distributor",
      "summary": "Distribution category for personal protective equipment, workwear, and site safety products.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "rs-pro",
      "url": "https://uk.rs-online.com/web/content/m/rs-pro",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "RS PRO",
      "role": "distributor",
      "summary": "Own-brand product range of more than 80,000 industrial products and electronic components, audited and tested under the RS PRO Seal of Approval quality program.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "designspark",
      "url": "https://uk.rs-online.com/web/content/services/manufacturing-design/rs-design-spark",
      "kind": "software",
      "name": "DesignSpark",
      "role": "software_vendor",
      "summary": "Online design-engineering community offering free PCB, Mechanical, and Circuit Simulator CAD software tools; the free Explorer tier serves a community of over 1.4 million members.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "rs-integrated-supply",
      "icp": {
        "industries": [
          "life sciences",
          "automotive",
          "food & beverage",
          "chemicals",
          "metals & mining",
          "healthcare",
          "higher education"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://rs-integratedsupply.com/",
      "kind": "service",
      "name": "RS Integrated Supply",
      "pricing": {
        "model": "quote",
        "notes": "Contract-based outsourced procurement service; rates negotiated per client contract."
      },
      "summary": "Outsourced MRO procurement and storeroom management service for manufacturing, assembly, and process industries, operating across North America, the UK, EMEA, and APAC.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "engagement": {
    "url": "https://www.rs-online.com/",
    "email": "rcustomerservicesuk@rs-components.com",
    "phone": "03457 201201",
    "methods": [
      "buy_online",
      "consultation"
    ]
  },
  "updated_at": "2026-09-04"
}