MEAN WELL recently presented RS with market
development funds intended to both further their successful
partnership and support RS' well-meaning corporate activities, the
latter of which resulted in a generous $178,659 donation to The Washing Machine Project
on behalf of RS.
FORT
WORTH, Texas, Aug. 28,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- RS, a trading brand of RS Group
plc (LSE: RS1), a global provider of industrial product and service
solutions, is proud to announce that MEAN WELL has donated
$178,659 to The Washing Machine
Project on behalf of RS.
MEAN WELL recently donated $178,659 to The Washing Machine Project on behalf
of RS.
RS and MEAN WELL, a leading global supplier of standard power
supply products founded on good intentions and fair and honest
business practices, have been channel partners since 2011. In the
years since, MEAN WELL became the bestselling power supply brand at
RS.
MEAN WELL recently presented RS with a market development fund
as a reward for its effective partnership and successful marketing
activities. The size of the fund was based on the MEAN WELL market
growth that RS had achieved and, in true MEAN WELL spirit, it was
bestowed with the stipulation that while some of the funds be used
to further accelerate MEAN WELL marketing and engagement
activities, some should be donated to charity. RS chose its global
charity partner, The Washing Machine Project, as the sole recipient
of $178,659.
The Washing Machine Project is a global charity that developed
an innovative, user-friendly, and off-grid manual washing machine
designed to provide displaced and low-income communities facing
humanitarian crises with a sustainable solution for maintaining
healthy hygiene. The popular Divya 1.5 model has an 11-pound
capacity, is capable of up to 500rpm, and is made of
commercial-grade components to ensure operational durability. It
also uses 50% less water, takes 75% less time than handwashing, and
features an effective dewatering process that reduces drying
times.
A whopping 70% of the world's population doesn't have access to
electrical washing machines, and it takes an average of 20 hours a
week, or two and a half full workdays, to wash a family's clothes
by hand. This task often falls on women and girls, which has a
negative impact on their ability to capitalize on and complete
education opportunities. It often has a negative impact on local
water supplies as well.
As of today, the Washing Machine Project has deployed more than
186 manual washing machines in 12 countries. These installations
have saved more than 28,297 people from the back and joint pain and
skin irritation caused by handwashing and, since a full cycle takes
just 15 to 30 minutes, have provided women and girls especially
with more time that could be spent earning a living or an
education, which is a critical step toward achieving gender
equity.
"We're very proud that MEAN WELL recognized us for the market
growth we've achieved and rewarded us with a substantial investment
in our marketing services and a profoundly generous donation to The
Washing Machine Project," said Marie
Dawson, RS Product Director, Americas. "RS, MEAN WELL and
its Sustainable Development Group (SDG), and The Washing Machine
Project share several core values; so, we're thrilled to contribute
to the fulfillment of several of those — gender equality, clean
water and sanitation, innovation, and responsible consumption and
production — with this sizeable donation."
The $178,659 that MEAN WELL
donated on behalf of RS will supercharge The Washing Machine
Project's global impact. The funds will support the manufacture and
distribution of 105 of its newest Divya 1.65 washing machines,
virtually doubling the Project's global footprint and the number of
displaced and low-income people served. Planned deployments will
support families in Uganda that
have fled neighboring countries, a school for street children in
Nairobi, Kenya, and local homeless
communities in California and
Texas. The funds will also support
critical research and development processes aimed at further
improving the Divya series and helping establish small-batch
production processes for Divya washing machines, which would be a
game-changer given that every model built to-date has been
assembled manually.
The MEAN WELL funds build upon almost two years of RS support
for The Washing Machine Project. These efforts have separately
generated more than $418,000 in
fundraising and facilitated the donation of an abundance of
critical machine components, the building efforts of more than 400
volunteers, and the professional support of more than 40 volunteers
specialized in website design, legal issues, social media,
marketing, data analytics, sourcing, manufacturing, and
logistics.
"To mean well means to have good intentions, and that's our
founding principle here at MEAN WELL," said Leo Cheong, General Manager, MEAN WELL
USA. "So, it is our pleasure to
partner with effective and ethical suppliers, to reward them for
contributing to our continued success as well as their own, and to
support their own good intentions, as we have through the donation
that MEAN WELL recently made to The Washing Machine Project on
behalf of RS."
RS has access to the entire MEAN WELL product portfolio,
including power supplies, DIN-rail power supplies, DC-DC
converters, inverters, power adapters, and battery chargers, and
has more than 2,000 products in stock and ready to ship. For more
information about MEAN WELL and the MEAN WELL products available at
RS, please visit the embedded links, contact your local RS
representative at 1.866.433.5722, or reach out to our technical
product support team.
For more information about The Washing Machine Project, please
visit https://www.thewashingmachineproject.org/.
About RS in the Americas
In the Americas
region, RS stocks more than 250,000 industrial and
electronic products from more than 700 trusted
suppliers. These solutions cover categories extending from
automation and control equipment to interconnect, passive, active,
and electromechanical components and include more than 80,000
high-quality, competitively priced RS PRO products.
For more information, please visit https://us.rs-online.com
or connect with us via social media on
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and YouTube.
About RS Group
RS Group plc provides product and
service solutions that help our customers design, build, maintain,
repair, and operate industrial equipment and operations, safely and
sustainably. We stock more than 750,000 industrial and electronic
products, sourced from over 2,500 leading suppliers, and provide a
wide range of product and service solutions to 1.1 million
customers.
We support customers across the product lifecycle, 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 optimizing inventory in the maintenance,
repair, and operation 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
2023 reported revenue of £2,982 million.
For more information, please visit https://www.rsgroup.com/ or
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Image Downloads and Captions:
MEAN WELL presents TWMP
Check to RS
In April 2023, MEAN WELL presented
the RS team with a check for $178,659
made out to The Washing Machine Project. Pictured from left to
right, you'll find Leo Cheong,
General Manager, MEAN WELL USA;
Jerry Lin, Founder and President of
MEAN WELL; Marie Dawson, RS Product
Director, Americas; David Seals, RS
Category Manager, Americas; and Jessica
Chang, Distribution Sales Manager, MEAN WELL USA.
TWMP and MEAN WELL
On June 29, 2023, Nav Sawhney, The Washing Machine Project
Founder, met with Leo Cheong,
General Manager of MEAN WELL USA.,
at the MEAN WELL USA headquarters
in Fremont, California, and
addressed the impact that The Washing Machine Project has on the
lives of women and children the world over.
Editorial Contact & Media Inquiries:
Karen Gavenda, RS Director of Marketing,
Americas
Karen.Gavenda@na.rsgroup.com
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