Taking A Brief Look At The History Of Allied Electronics
Electronic component distributors are probably given very little thought by most consumers, but they make a huge difference in the end result of the products we use each and every day. Electronic distributors such as Allied Electronics are primarily used by designers but without the fantastic service distributors like Allied Electronics provide it is doubtful we would enjoy the wonderful array of technologically advanced products we all know and enjoy. Allied Electronics has been around since 1928 when it was first started as a distribution division of Columbia Radio Corporation. In less than five years, the once fledgling company began to sell radio components to home radio enthusiasts and had begun to market their own catalog. Brick and mortar stores soon opened to provide any more services to the booming ham radio market. During World War II, Allied Electronics survived by servicing government contracts and over the course of the next twenty years rode the wave of technology advancements. Release of technological advancements such as the television only served to help the business of Allied Electronics explode. Since that time Allied Electronics has developed a hard earned reputation for being able to provide both rare and hard to obtain electronic components. Following a headquarter move from Chicago to Forth Worth in the 1970’s Allied Electronics continued to expand and grow. Leading the industry, Allied Electronics switched to a computerized system by 1985. Ten years later Allied Electronics was the first company to produce a CD-Rom electronic components catalog. In no time after that, Allied Electronics offered a web site to their consumers. Today Allied Electronics, with a 70+ year history, offers over 135,000 products through their online catalog. Just a few of the many types of products they offer include: test & measurement, interconnect, enclosure products, power, control, tooling and production supplies. For customers who don’t care to browse through the thousands of product offerings available in the catalog or the website there is a quick product search option available on the Allied Electronics website. Allied Electronics boasts a huge timesaving feature on their website that allows procurement specialists to order parts by 10 pm and have them shipped out the very same day. You can’t get much faster than that. In 1999, Allied Electronics was acquired by a UK based corporation, Electrocomponents. The change has hardly