Wisbech, UK, 6 December 2013 – Anglia Components, a UK and Eire distributor for TDK Corporation, has been presented with the European Distributor of the Year award for EPCOS brand products, after achieving the best business performance in its regional network.
The award was the first made under TDK’s newly inaugurated distributor performance evaluation program for EPCOS brand products. The company’s distribution and sales management teams scored the performance of its European distributors on the basis of 18 separate criteria covering business performance, inventory management, contractual terms and operational excellence. Anglia achieved the highest overall score in Europe to win the award.
Commenting on the presentation, Dietmar Jaeger, Vice President Distribution Corporate Sales at TDK, said, “Our new distributor of the year award program was officially launched this year and celebrates the excellence that we find in our distribution network. Our relationship with Anglia in the UK and Eire is particularly strong, and we are delighted to present this award for the first time to an outstanding and long term partner.”
He added, “Our strategy is to maintain a diverse network of strong distribution partners that includes companies with high service, global and national business models to give our customers a real choice. Anglia is an example of an excellent national distributor, which has effective relationships with its customers in its national market. Our relationship with them is close at every level, from senior management through marketing and account management to day-to-day operations.”
Steve Rawlins, CEO of Anglia Components responded, “EPCOS products are recognized as superior solutions and we are truly proud to have received this endorsement from one of the top brands in our industry. Our whole team strives to make the experience of sourcing EPCOS products from Anglia a positive one for our customers and this success really means a lot to them. They deserve our warm congratulations on their success.”
About TDK TDK Corporation is a leading electronics company based in Tokyo, Japan. It was established in 1935 to commercialize ferrite, a key material in electronic and magnetic products. TDK's portfolio includes electronic components, modules and systems marketed under the product brands TDK and EPCOS, power supplies, magnetic application products as well as energy devices, flash memory application devices, and others. TDK focuses on demanding markets in the areas of information and communication technology and consumer, automotive and industrial electronics. The company has a network of design and manufacturing locations and sales offices in Asia, Europe, and in North and South America. In fiscal 2013, TDK posted total sales of USD 9.1 billion and employed about 80,000 people worldwide.
About Anglia Anglia is the UK’s leading independent authorised distributor of semiconductors, optoelectronics, interconnect, and passive and electromechanical components. The company is a signatory of the ADS SC21 programme and holds AS9120, ISO9001, ISO14001 accreditations and IECQ-CECC qualification. Anglia’s exceptional technical support spans a fast sampling service, telephone advice from product specialists, on-site visits from field applications engineers and, ultimately, electronics design. An in-house team of designers adds expert resources to customers' design teams, helps reduce final product costs and accelerates development times. Anglia stocks over 700 million components from 500,000 product lines in the UK, and streamlines its customer’s logistics and reduces costs through KAN-BAN, EDI, and customer-dedicated inventory.
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: mh@anglia.com
Peter van der Sluijs Neesham PR peterv@neesham.co.uk +44 (0) 1296 628180
Photo caption: TDK and Anglia celebrate the presentation of the award in London’s IceBar. L-R
Matt Cotton, Managing Director, EPCOS UK Ltd Graham Bridger, Marketing Director IP & E, Anglia Components Dietmar Jaeger, Vice President Distribution, Corporate Sales, EPCOS AG Keith Rogers, Distribution Manager, EPCOS UK Ltd
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Alison Blakey Tel 01296 628180 Email alisonb@neesham.co.uk