Wisbech, UK, Monday, 4th September 2017 - Anglia Components today announced that it has been named UK Distributor of the Year in 2016 by Panasonic. The award recognises Anglia’s strong sales performance and successful engagement in various design activities, sales and marketing and inventory investment initiatives during 2016.

Commenting on the award, Max Jakob, Distribution Sales Director EMEA, said "Our distributors are a vital part of Panasonic and Anglia have successfully proven their ability and delivered a great performance in a very competitive market. I’d like to congratulate them on this much deserved award."

Anglia's Marketing Director, John Bowman, added "This award is testament to the great working relationship between Anglia and Panasonic. We’d like to thank the team at Panasonic for their continued support and are extremely proud to have been awarded their UK Distributor of the Year Award."

Anglia were appointed as an authorised distributor for Panasonic in 2000. Anglia promotes Panasonics full portfolio of capacitors, resistors, inductors, switches, thermal materials, circuit protection, sensors, batteries and wireless connectivity devices. Application design support is provided alongside UK based inventories for the most popular product ranges.

Anglia CEO Steve Rawlins, recently announced ambitious growth plans for Anglia in the next five years as they aim for £100 million turnover and a 10% share of the UK electronic component distribution market.

Photo caption: Ian Needham, Panasonic presents John Bowman, Anglia, UK Distributor of the Year 2016 Award

About Anglia

Anglia is the UK’s leading independent authorised distributor of semiconductors, optoelectronics, interconnect, and passive and electromechanical components. A signatory of the ADS SC21 programme, the company holds AS9120, ISO9001 & ISO14001 accreditations and IECQ-CECC qualification.

Technically adept, with an experienced team of staff, Anglia supports OEM and EMS companies in every sector of electronics manufacturing. Anglia's suppliers include some of the world's leading electronic component brands, complemented by many smaller companies with leadership in their chosen technologies.

Anglia stocks over 1 billion components from over 900,000 product lines in the UK. Components from every supplier are stocked in depth and breadth for same-day dispatch. Anglia aims to streamline logistics and reduce customers' transaction costs through services that include KAN-BAN, EDI, and customer-dedicated inventory, while an accurate, on-time delivery performance is a vital goal for the company.

Technical support spans a sampling service that delivers over £150,000 worth of free evaluation parts each year and expert technical advice from well-trained product specialists and face-to-face guidance from field applications engineers. Both commercially and technically, management of industry legislation and component obsolescence are recognised as areas of vital importance to customers.

Anglia is driven by an ethic of ever-improving customer understanding and, as a privately owned business, aims to provide a fast, consistent and highly responsive service. Further information can be found at www.anglia.com

About Panasonic

Panasonic Automotive and Industrial Systems Europe (PAISEU) is a company that provides unparalleled expertise to leading car manufacturers, industrial customers and OEMs. It researches, develops, manufactures and supplies key electronic components, devices and modules up to complete solutions across a broad range of industries; and provides production equipment which builds the manufacturing lines of global corporations. Globally, Panasonic's Automotive and Industrial Systems company is responsible for over one third of Panasonic’s overall revenue.

For further details please contact:

Michelene Hircock at Anglia, Sandall Road, Wisbech, PE13 2PS, UK.

Phone: +44 (0)1945 47 47 47; Web: www.anglia-live.com; Email: michelene.hircock@anglia.com

Press contact:
Peter van der Sluijs
Neesham PR
peterv@neesham.co.uk
+44 (0) 1296 628180

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