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Allied Electronics & Automation Offers the Largest Selection of Industrial Control Solutions in North America

February 1, 2023

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Thanks to the recent addition of ILME, Mencom, Joslyn Clark, and SCHNEEBERGER, Allied’s industrial control product portfolio offers well more than 197,000 solutions optimized for ICS applications in multiple markets.

Allied Electronics & Automation, a trading brand of RS Group plc (LSE: RS1), a global omni-channel provider of product and service solutions, is the largest authorized distributor of industrial control equipment in North America, offering well more than 197,000 products optimized for industrial control systems.

Industrial control systems (ICS) are comprised of devices, systems, networks, and controls used to electronically operate or automate industrial processes in the manufacturing, public utilities, chemical and petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, oil & gas, automotive, and transportation industries. Systems can range in size from a small number of modular controllers to enormous control systems with thousands of field connections. 

Allied supports the unique needs of various ICS with an extensive selection of industrial control products and a team of highly experienced, responsive, and reliable technical personnel dedicated to helping customers identify the right solutions for their systems. 

For example, Allied offers cable entry and exit solutions for industrial control cabinets, including rectangular connectors from ILME and cable gland adapters from Mencom. These solutions enable secure wiring connections with contactors inside the cabinet (available from suppliers including Joslyn Clark) and support high-precision machinery and equipment outside the cabinet, including linear motion technology from suppliers including SCHNEEBERGER. 

Additional industrial control solutions available from Allied include contactors, control stations, controllers, disconnect switches, electric linear actuators, electronic and mechanical counters, inductive signal couplers, machine guarding and machine safety equipment, mechanical power transmission equipment, panel meters, power outlets, power transfer switches, robots, signal conditioning and converter devise, slip rings, solenoids, and timers.

For more information about Allied’s extensive selection of ICS solutions, please visit its Industrial Controls page and click through to access relevant content in Allied’s Expert Advice articles, interviews, and podcasts. For assistance identifying and deploying industrial control solutions, please contact your local Allied representative at 1.866.433.5722 or reach out to Allied’s technical support team.

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Allied Electronics & Automation Announces Name Change

Allied Electronics & Automation, a trading brand of RS Group plc (LSE: RS1), a global omni-channel provider of product and service solutions, is rebranding as “RS” in Q1 2023. The name change is part of an overall rebranding strategy to establish a better connection across RS Group’s products and services. Having one global RS brand will deliver efficiency, value, and scalability to stakeholders worldwide. 

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