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CPC

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British distributor and retailer of electrical and related products based in Preston1

CPC is a British end-user and business-to-business distributor of electrical and related products. Since 1995 it has been a brand of Farnell, which itself was acquired by Avnet in 2016.2 It is part of Premier Farnell.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1967Founded1
  • Industryconsumer electronics industry1
  • HeadquartersPreston1
  • Websitecpc.farnell.com
  • Legal formsubsidiary company1

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CPC is a British end-user and business-to-business distributor of electrical and related products. Since 1995 it has been a brand of Farnell, which itself was acquired by Avnet in 2016.2

Corporate structure

CPC is part of a group headed by Avnet. 165 entities, 44 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Avnet Phoenix, Arizona, United States
    • Element14 Singapore, Singapore
    • Premier Farnell Leeds, United Kingdom
      • CPC Preston
    • Tria Technologies Stutensee, Germany
    • ELEMENT14 INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · Bangalore, India
    • Avnet (Asia Pacific Holdings) Limited Subsidiary · Hong Kong
    • Avnet (Holdings) Ltd Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Avnet (NZ) Subsidiary · New Zealand
    • AVNET (SHANGHAI) LIMITED (安富利电子（上海）有限公司) Subsidiary · Shanghai, China
    • Avnet (Tianjin) Logistics Ltd. Subsidiary · China
    • AVNET ASIA PTE LTD Subsidiary · Phoenix, Arizona, United States
      • AVNET ASIA PTE LTD., TAIWAN BRANCH(SINGAPORE) (新加坡商安富利股份有限公司) Branch · Singapore, Singapore
    • AVNET ASIC ISRAEL LTD (אבנט אסיק ישראל בע"מ) Subsidiary · Tel Mond, Israel
    • AVNET B.V. Subsidiary · Breda, Netherlands
    • Avnet Bidco Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • AVNET BUSINESS SERVICES GMBH Subsidiary · Poing, Germany
    • AVNET COMPONENTS ISRAEL LTD (אבנט רכיבים ישראל בע"מ) Subsidiary · Tel Mond, Israel
    • Avnet de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Subsidiary · Mexico
    • Avnet do Brasil Ltda. Subsidiary · Brazil
    • AVNET DOO Subsidiary · Serbia
    • AVNET ELECTRONICS MARKETING (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD Subsidiary · Phoenix, Arizona, United States
    • Avnet Electronics Technology (China) Limited Subsidiary · China
    • AVNET ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) LIMITED (安富利电子科技（深圳）有限公司) Subsidiary · Shenzhen, China
    • Avnet Electronics Turkey İthalat İhracat Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi Subsidiary · Turkey
    • Avnet EM Holdings (Japan) Kabushiki Kaisha Subsidiary · Japan
    • Avnet EM Sp. z.o.o. Subsidiary · Poland
    • AVNET EM SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ Subsidiary · Warszawa, Poland
    • and 130 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Established in 1967, Combined Precision Components Ltd was acquired by British company Farnell Electronics (later Premier Farnell) in May 1995. Premier Farnell was in turn acquired by American company Avnet in 2016.

CPC's distribution centre is at Preston, Lancashire, close to the M6 motorway.

CPC was the host of the UK's first Raspberry Pi hack day, held in Leeds in December 2012. The 24-hour event focused on programming solely using the credit card-sized computer.

From Wikipedia’s article on CPC (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1967Founded Founded1

Sources

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