FORT WORTH, TX--(Marketwire - Nov 16, 2011) - [ Allied Electronics ], a trading brand of [ Electrocomponents plc ] (LSE: ECM), was recognized by The Dallas Morning News as a National Standard Top Workplace in its annual Top 100 Places to Work survey for the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, metropolitan area. The independent survey was conducted by Workplace Dynamics and included employee evaluations from 215 area companies.

Forty-five Dallas-area companies, including Allied Electronics, were recognized as [ top workplaces ] based on superior employee survey scores. While these companies did not make the Top 100 list, they achieved WorkplaceDynamics' national standard when compared with more than 4,000 organizations across the country.

"Allied is honored to be listed as a National Standard Top Workplace," says Lee Davidson, president of Allied. "We strive to unlock the performance of the business by creating a climate where employees perform to a high standard."

The "Top 100 Places to Work 2011" was published as a supplement in the Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011 edition of The Dallas Morning News. The story can also be accessed by subscribers online at [ www.dallasnews.com ].

About Allied Electronics
Allied Electronics is a small order, high service level distributor of electronic components and electromechanical products with over 50 sales offices across the United States and in Canada. With more than two million parts online and more than 110,000 products featured in the Allied Catalog, engineers and purchasers often look to Allied for a broad range of product solutions from over 300 world-class suppliers. Allied Electronics and RS Components are trading brands of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products headquartered in Oxford, England.[ www.alliedelec.com ]

About The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas, area, with a circulation of 264,459 subscribers according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in September 2010. Founded on Oct. 1, 1885, it has one of the 20 largest-paid circulations in the U.S. and has won numerous Pulitzers for both reporting and photography. [ www.dallasnews.com ]

About WorkplaceDynamics
WorkplaceDynamics partners with more than 25 leading publishers across the U.S. to produce regional Top Workplaces lists. These lists recognize top companies based purely on employee opinions given through [ a survey ]. [ www.workplacedynamics.com ]