


Its stated mission is to provide engineering resources and tools and technical support (via forums).

In 2010, Allied and RS launched an engineering community called DesignSpark, which has grown rapidly and now has more than 250,000 members. I now tend to think of these companies as two facets of the same global entity, but we digress. However, both companies have evolved over the years, and any distinctions between their areas of focus have become increasingly blurred. RS Components was traditionally associated with electronic components. Historically, Allied Electronics tended to be known more for the electrical and electromechanical parts used by machine designers and builders in industrial automation and control applications.
