RS announces significant expansion of RS PRO product range for industrial automation applications

Available globally, high-quality, cost-competitive range includes 4,000 new products to deliver increased choice for engineers

LONDON, UK, 21st September 2023 – RS, a trading brand of RS Group plc (LSE: RS1), a global provider of product and service solutions, today announced it has significantly extended its RS PRO offering with the launch of 4,000 new products aimed at industrial automation applications.

The RS PRO range already offers an extensive selection of more than 15,000 products designed for automation solutions – and now with this major expansion of 4,000 new products, based on more than 100 technologies, RS’ customers have a comprehensive choice of automation components at highly competitive prices.

The new expansion of the range comprises a huge breadth of product types including sensors, enclosures, relays, switches, connectors, DIN rail terminal blocks, pushbuttons, panel meters, as well as bearings and seals. Of special note in the launch is a large 15-inch HMI touchscreen that provides users with significantly easier control of production lines enabling better and faster interaction.

The RS PRO industrial automation range features tailor-made items for a variety of different production lines and can support automation system designers and engineers from concept and design, through to building and maintaining.

“We are seeing automation being deployed in more and more industries to handle a variety of different tasks,” said Jerry Abraham, President of RS PRO. “The RS PRO industrial automation solutions range was conceived to deliver a wide choice of products for engineers and buyers, as well as high-quality, cost-competitive solutions. This is a significant bolstering of the range that will enable RS to react quickly to customer needs with high availability all in one place.”

All products in the range benefit from the RS PRO Seal of Approval, a guarantee of professional and industrial-grade quality and performance, tested by leading engineers. RS PRO provides a comprehensive choice of quality solutions meeting design and compliance specifications at all stages of the product lifecycle. 

More information on the RS PRO range of industrial automation solutions is available at https://in.rsdelivers.com/content/rspro/industrialautomationsolutions

RS is a trading brand of RS Group plc, providing 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 optimising 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.