FORT WORTH, TX--(Marketwire - May 23, 2012) - [ Allied Electronics ], a trading brand of [ Electrocomponents plc ] (LSE: ECM), was recognized by TDK-Lambda Americas Inc. as the 2011 Distributor of the Year and the HWS Series Champion. TDK-Lambda is one of the 300 trusted brands Allied is authorized to distribute.

The Distributor of the Year award was bestowed for outstanding growth and promotional activity leading to the highest sales on record for TDK-Lambda Americas Inc. products. Allied was named the HWS Series Champion in recognition of the highest sales of the brand's premium HWS Series.

"Allied has played an important part in TDK-Lambda's distribution strategy -- accelerating sales significantly," says TDK-Lambda's Vice President of Marketing David Norton. "TDK-Lambda is pleased to be Allied Electronics' dominant power supply partner providing high reliability product solutions to its industrial customer base."

The awards, presented to Allied at the EDS Show in Las Vegas, Nev., May 7-10, 2012, were accepted by several Allied Electronics representatives, including Vice President of Sales Mark Simon, Product Director Frank Cantwell and Product Marketing Manager Marie Bison.

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 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 TDK-Lambda Americas Inc.
TDK-Lambda Americas Inc. is a leading producer of high current and high voltage power sources. Ranging in output from 200W to over 100kW, TDK-Lambda Americas products provide power to many of today's semiconductor, automotive and component burn-in systems. The company's power supplies are also used in medical applications (light sources, laser surgery, Magnetic Resonance Imaging), oil well logging, electroplating, particle physics research and other general laboratory and industrial processes. [ www.us.tdk-lambda.com/lp ]