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RS Americas, Inc

Logo: RS Group plc, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

US-based distributor of electronic components and electromechanical products

RS Americas, Inc. (formerly Allied Electronics & Automation) is a United States-based omni-channel provider of product and service solutions for designers, builders and maintainers of industrial equipment and operations. They are part of London-based RS Group, plc (formerly Electrocomponents, plc), an FTSE 100 global leader in the omnichannel distribution of products and services for industrial equipment and operations.2 It is part of RS Group plc.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1928Founded1

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RS Americas, Inc. (formerly Allied Electronics & Automation) is a United States-based omni-channel provider of product and service solutions for designers, builders and maintainers of industrial equipment and operations. They are part of London-based RS Group, plc (formerly Electrocomponents, plc), an FTSE 100 global leader in the omnichannel distribution of products and services for industrial equipment and operations.2

Corporate structure

RS Americas, Inc is part of a group headed by RS Group plc. 3 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • RS Group plc London, United Kingdom
    • RS Americas, Inc United States
    • RISOUL Y CIA., S.A. DE C.V. Subsidiary · San Nicolás De Los Garza, Mexico

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The Americas division of RS Group was founded in 1928 in Chicago, Illinois by Simon "Sy" Wexler as Allied Radio, the radio parts distribution arm of Columbia Radio Corporation (also founded by Wexler in 1921).

In 1970, the Tandy Corporation, Radio Shack's former parent company, purchased Allied Radio, the consumer division, along with Allied Electronics, the industrial division.

In 1999, Allied became the North American division of Electrocomponents. In 2016, Allied expanded into South America with a full-service office in Santiago, Chile, and in 2017, grew its sales presence in Mexico. In October 2022, Allied announced they would be changing their name to RS in Q1 2023 as part of an overall rebranding strategy to establish a better connection across RS Group’s products and services. On February 6, 2023, the name change became official.

From Wikipedia’s article on RS Americas, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

RS Americas, Inc is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It has a 560,000 square foot distribution facility.

From Wikipedia’s article on RS Americas, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1928Founded Founded1

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