Forerunner businesses Needlers and Liscombe
products now available under the RS brand
LONDON, Nov. 2, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- RS Group plc (LSE: RS1), a global omni-channel
provider of product and service solutions, today announced the
launch of RS Safety Solutions as a new brand within the RS Group.
RS Safety Solutions brings together the existing RS personal
protection equipment (PPE) capabilities with the operations of
Needlers and Liscombe, both of which are based in the U.K.
RS Group acquired Needlers (Needlers Limited) and Liscombe (John
Liscombe Limited) in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Both businesses
are leaders in their fields, with Needlers largely serving the food
processing industry with its PPE and hygiene products and Liscombe
primarily operating in industrial sectors, where safety and
personal protection is critical. This union offers a deep technical
experience and combines over 300 years of expertise in this
field.
The combination of the two businesses within RS Safety Solutions
will enable the leveraging of their respective strengths to serve
customers in industrial and food processing markets and address
their requirements for PPE and safety and hygiene equipment. The
unification also bolsters the huge potential for each of the
forerunner operations and strengthens RS' position as a major
player in the PPE market.
"Following on from changing our name from Electrocomponents to
RS Group, this is the latest step on the journey to rebranding all
the RS operations," said Pete
Malpas, President EMEA at RS. "By uniting these two growth
businesses under RS Safety Solutions, we can now deliver a
fantastic offering in PPE, safety, and hygiene products for new and
existing customers in industrial and food processing markets, all
backed by the RS Group."
"The launch of RS Safety Solutions is a hugely exciting moment
for us," commented Mark Day,
Managing Director at RS Safety Solutions. "Our existing customers
will recognize that our combined operations are now clearly part of
one extremely well-known brand, which will help to strengthen our
product range and give us a truly global reach."
RS Group
RS Group plc is a leading global omni-channel industrial product
and service solutions provider to customers who are involved in
designing, building and maintaining industrial equipment and
operations, safely and sustainably. We stock more than 700,000
industrial and electronic products, sourced from over 2,500 leading
suppliers, and provide a wide range of product and service
solutions to over 1.2 million customers. With operations in 32
countries, we trade through multiple channels and ship
over 60,000 parcels a day.
We support customers across the product life cycle, whether via
innovation and technical support at the design phase, improving
time to market and productivity at the build phase, or reducing
purchasing costs and optimising inventory in the maintenance phase.
We offer our customers tailored product and service propositions
that are essential for the successful operation of their businesses
and help them save time and money.
RS Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with stock
ticker RS1 and in the year ended 31 March
2022 reported revenue of £2,554 million.
For more information, please visit https://www.rsgroup.com/.
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RS Group plc: https://www.rsgroup.com/
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