Allied Electronics Announces Promotional Contest Winner

Fort Worth, TX – Allied Electronics, a subsidiary of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), announced today that Phil Rhodes is the winner of its latest promotion.

Rhodes, a manager at MRI, a prototype electronic manufacturer in Richardson, Texas, will receive a Bose Lifestyle® 38 entertainment system. Rhodes, who was chosen in a random drawing of contestants, has relied on Allied’s products over the past three years.

"I order Allied products because of its long history of great customer service," Rhodes said. "I always receive good customer support from Allied."

Allied has been taking care of customers like Rhodes for over 75 years. The Fort Worth-based electronic component distributor used the contest to promote its catalog, which features more than 135,000 electronic and electromechanical components in stock and available for same day shipment.

"We really appreciate this kind of customer loyalty," said Lee Davidson, president of Allied Electronics. "This promotion was a prime opportunity to reward one of our customers."

For more information on Allied Electronics, visit http://www.alliedelec.com.

About Allied Electronics
Allied Electronics’ headquarters are located in Fort Worth, Texas with 57 sales branches across the United States and Canada. Allied is a subsidiary of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), the world leading catalog component distributor. Electrocomponents has operations in six continents and headquarters in Oxford, England.

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