Wisbech technology company Anglia Components achieves PLC status
Anglia Components, a Wisbech technology company, today announced that it is changing the registered company trading name from Anglia Components Ltd to Anglia Components PLC. Anglia recently earned an award for its business performance from Panasonic Industry Europe, the electronic component division of one of the world’s largest and best-known technology brands. In the last year, it has also received awards from UK connector manufacturer Harwin, the US based technology company Bourns, and STMicroelectronics, one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of silicon chips.
The change to PLC status means that the company will be subject to more stringent and complex auditing and financial requirements, which will increase the confidence of global key customers and global suppliers.
Commenting on the change, Anglia CEO Steve Rawlins said, “I am delighted to announce this change during our 50th anniversary year. We have grown extremely rapidly and faster than the market. The change in status reflects the current scale of the business and the level of companies it now trades with. The more rigorous scrutiny to which a PLC is subjected allows us to demonstrate our growth, quality and capabilities and reflects positively to potential customers and suppliers.”
The move only affects Anglia’s legal name. The company registration number, bank accounts all remain the same and the business will continue to trade as ‘Anglia’. Anglia Components PLC is a closed PLC whose shares are not traded on the stock exchange.
About Anglia
Anglia is the UK’s leading independent authorised distributor of semiconductors, optoelectronics, interconnect, passive and electromechanical components. A signatory of the ADS SC21 programme, the company holds AS9120, ISO9001 and ISO14001 accreditations.
Technically adept, with an experienced team of staff, Anglia supports OEM and EMS companies in every sector of electronics manufacturing. Anglia’s suppliers include many of the world’s leading electronic component brands, complemented by many smaller companies with leadership in their chosen technologies.
Anglia stocks over 2 billion components from over 1.3 million 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 VMI, KAN-BAN, API, EDI, BoM management tools 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 components and evaluation tools 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 ethos 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
